CONTRARY TO THE INDIVIDUAL WHO COMMITS A CRIME IN THE HEAT OF PASSION, THE FINANCIALLY MOTIVATED CRIMINAL IS A COLD, CALCULATING INDIVIDUAL WHOSE PRIMARY CONCERN IS TO AVOID PUNISHMENT. THESE CRIMINALS CAN BE DISTINGUISHED BY THE MEANS THEY USE TO ENSURE THIS IMPUNITY. WHITE COLLAR CRIMINALS ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL ALL EVIDENCE OF THE CRIMINAL ACT, INCLUDING THEIR IDENTITIES AND THE FACT THAT THE ACT ITSELF EVEN OCCURRED. OUTLAWS (AND THOSE GENERALLY CONSIDERED TO BE OUTSIDE THE LAW) ACT IN BROAD DAYLIGHT IN OPEN DEFIANCE OF SOCIETY. SUCH BOLD CRIMINALS (BILLY THE KID, DILLINGER, CARTOUCHE, AND MOST TERRORIST GROUPS) RELY ON THEIR SKILL TO ELUDE THE POLICE. ORGANIZED CRIME ATTEMPTS TO USE CORRUPTION AND TERROR TO GAIN CONTROL. THIEVES, CON ARTISTS, AND FORGERS TEND TO MAKE THEIR MONEY WITHOUT HAVING TO RESORT TO BLOODSHED, AND THEIR CRIMINAL EXPLOITS AT TIMES TURN OUT TO BE QUITE HUMOROUS. A BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY AND A NAME INDEX ARE INCLUDED. --IN FRENCH...ELW