This article describes paradoxical situations in America whereby entrepreneurs have historically been allowed — through our attitudes, laws and free enterprise system — to lawfully pander to several types of criminal behavior. Several primary forces of criminality are offered as examples of this phenomenon, such as profiteering via prohibition's moon-shine, illicit drugs and implements of violence. After analyzing this phenomenon, using existing theories and definitions of criminal behavior, it is concluded that such entrepreneurial behavior is best explained by critical criminological theory.
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