THE WELFARE STATE AT WORK: Criminal offending as part of an alternative reproductive strategy: Investigating evolutionary hypotheses using Swedish total population data. “Convicted criminal offenders had more children than individuals never convicted of a criminal offense. Criminal offenders also had more reproductive partners, were less often married, more likely to get remarried if ever married, and had more often contracted a sexually transmitted disease than non-offenders. Importantly, the increased reproductive success of criminals was explained by a fertility increase from having children with several different partners.”

Gee, I wonder how these women suppose that they’ll care for their children in the absence of the criminal fathers?