If I were to rank each motive from 1 to 7 (1 being makes the most sense and 7 as the least sense), I would probably rank them as follows:
For Money
Revenge
Political
Entertainment
Recognition
Boredom
Multiple reasons
Money makes the most sense because financial gain is one of the most common motives for people to commit a crime. Everyone would like to have more money, and some people feel that they don’t care how they obtain the money but that they can have more money. Revenge is second because crimes based on emotion make almost, if not just as much sense as crimes for financial gain. For example, someone gets broken up with, and they key the other person’s car. It is a crime that is most likely the heat of the moment based entirely on emotion. Political is third because, in the context of certain crimes, it makes sense that someone would want to advance their political agenda or ideologies. Fourth is for entertainment because many people commit a crime purely for the challenge or to see if they can, and to me, that makes sense. A lot of people have skills that they want to put to the test, and while some people do it the legal way through penetration testing, others want to attempt it. Fifth is recognition because wanting to gain recognition or infamy makes sense to a degree because some people want to feel special and see gaining recognition as vital. Sixth is boredom because while I feel that it is a similar motive to entertainment, it doesn’t make as much sense as recognition. Finally, I put multiple reasons at seventh because when reasons overlap, the rationale of the crime becomes more complex and less straightforward.