Zaro's right.
Most criminals fall into the Innovative category of Merton's Typology of Deviance.
Conformists are those who accept both society's goals and means. Goal=money and power, raising family, Means=holding down a job, obeying the law, having the same beliefs as everyone else, etc. Example: any character from Edward Scissorhands except the titular one.
Innovators accept society's goals but reject the means. Goal: money and power, having a family, Means: murder and extortion, lying, cheating, selling drugs. Example: Scarface
Ritualists reject a societies goals but still conform to the means. They've lost the faith but kept the lip-service. Goal: "Oh God I don't even know anymore" Means: white collar job, etc. Example: Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman
Retreaters reject traditional goals and means. Goal: getting high, Means: Doing drugs. Jason Schwartzmann's character in Spun
And finally Rebels seek to rewrite both the goals and the means and therefore fit outside the box. Example: Dark Knight's Joker
So the point is criminals are really just creative.
Read about Strain Theory (sociology)