ABSTRACT
Fear of violent crime in society is a paradox. Those who are most fearful of being a victim of crime are the ones less likely to victimized. They are the ones living in high-security housing, the shut-ins, the people never exposed to crime except what they see on television or read in the newspapers. In a common paradox in current political dramas, the most pressing issue, according to the U.S. government, is the question of illegal immigration, and for national security, a large wall must be built between the United States and Mexico. The greatest proponents for building the wall live far from the border and rely on information about the danger of the threat of foreign invasion from the proposers to build the wall. A percentage of the people afraid of the “invasion” have never encountered an “illegal alien” but are frightened because of what they see and hear coming from the government. There is always more than one victim to a crime. The decision a criminal makes to commit a crime is like throwing a pebble into a small pond. The ripples affect several people, not only the initial victim.
