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List similarities and differences between a professional thief and and an amateur thief. Are the differences just in skill or experience, or are there psychological differences between them as well? Which one would be more easily deterred? Explain.

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An amateur thief is one who may be stealing for a reason, such as he really needs to eat or something of that nature. He has never done it before so he will make mistakes and those mistakes will probably make it ...

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