Unlike human thieves, however, we are in the dark regarding the motivations and psychology of intelligent designers.
To be sure, it is not at all easy to uncover decisions not to pursue or prosecute thieves, or to understand just why investigations failed.
Thieves were also punished more severely than perpetrators of purely physical violence.
The prevailing societal ideology will back them up, even if, from our perspective, the individuals in question are little more than thieves or monopolists.
Could honor among thieves still be genuine honor?
For the most part, however, women wood and crop thieves worked either alone or in pairs.
This does not mean, however, that female wood and crop thieves were always unorganised opportunists.
These not-so-petty thieves wrap their lips around the coin slots on top of subway turnstiles.
