...questions raised concerned the impact of crime on the life of the victim and the community at large. Predatory crime does not merely victimize individuals,...neighbors, crime atomizes society and makes of its members mere individual calculators estimating their own advantage, especially their own chances for survival...

...Defining the Role of the Victim in Criminal Prosecution, 518. 16. James Wilson has put the point nicely: Predatory crime does not merely victimize individuals,...ties, formal and informal, by which we are linked to our neighbors, crime atomizes society and makes of its members mere individual calculators estimating...

...citizens may arm to the teeth. If the government cannot protect them they will protect themselves: "Predatory crime does not merely victimize individuals,...prevents the formation and maintenance of community." James Q. Wilson, Thinking About Crime 23 (1977). Options available today to punish constitutional violations...

...citizens may arm to the teeth. If the government cannot protect them they will protect themselves: "Predatory crime does not merely victimize individuals,...case, even prevents the formation and maintenance oí community." James Q. Wilson, Thinking About Crime 23 (1977). Options available today to punish...

...quality of metropolitan neighbourhood life, impeding 'the formation and maintenance of community ... disrupting the delicate nexus of ties, formal and informal, by which we are linked with our neighbourhoods ... [it] atomizes society and makes of its members mere individual calculators estimating,...