Abstract
Imagine an America where violent crime rates have quadrupled over the past century, inexorably rising to a level that would be incomprehensible to previous generations. Imagine that the nature of violent crime seems to have changed, taking a turn toward casual sociopathy where the representative crime has become calculated serial murder rather than a one-off crime of passion. Imagine the resulting level of public fear, rampant to the point where civic-mindedness is replaced by a fortress mentality, walled communities, pervasive video surveillance, and electronic monitoring as the public sphere is virtually abandoned as too risky. In this imaginary America, the fearful public turns angrily upon its governments, demanding more decisive action and inquiring as to why traditional practices of crime control are not controlling crime.
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