article_snippet.sent: In more than 25 years as a Scotland Yard detective, I never met a Raffles- or a Thomas Crown-style criminal from a middle-class background who had then turned to the hard side of crime.
article_snippet.sent: I've never encountered any criminal who committed a high value crime just for the challenge or to prove that the challenge could be done.
article_snippet.sent: The only reason has been for the money, often to support a certain lifestyle and to fund other criminal enterprises.
article_snippet.sent: Even though there is more diversity in society, it would be unusual to find a broad ethnic or social mix in the team put together for a major crime.