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https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/criminal-career/escalation-in-the-seriousness-of-crime/BDBA0E71013CF101AC238215C1D353BD
this suggests that skill level plays a part in escalation. i’d argue that refining the “fantasy” is absolutely part of that (the same is true of the psychology of all fetishes: you start with something you’re not sure you’re into, and as you refine what it is about it you like you can dive deeper)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0093854813485575
this paper suggests that both thrill seeking and self control have different impacts on people’s desire to commit crime