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More and more Americans fear becoming victims of a violent crime.1 Their fears should not come as a surprise. The various news media repeatedly broadcast how crimes, particularly drug-related crimes, have filled the lives of many Americans with terror and misery. What intensifies the fear of being a victim of crime is the knowledge that many of these drug-related crimes are violent crimes. An individual not only worries about break-ins and petty thefts but also fears suffering serious bodily harm or death as the victim of a mindlessly violent crime committed to obtain money for illegal drugs.
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Lawson, B. (1991). African-Americans, Crime Victimization, and Political Obligations. In: Sank, D., Caplan, D.I. (eds) To Be a Victim. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-5974-4_9
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