1 The Costs of Crime 1
2 Perceptions of Crime and Criminals 15
3 Crime and the Community: Durkheim and Capote 50
4 Crime and the Community: Port City and Belleville 73
5 Defensive Responses to Crime 105
6 Informal Social Control of Crime 131
7 Crime and Support for the Law 154
8 Collective Response to Crime: Vigilante Movements and Civilian Patrol Groups 185
9 Individual Response to Crime: Helping the Victim 214
10 Epilogue 248
Appendix A: Port City and Belleville 251
Appendix B: Statistical Tables 259
Bibliography 267
Index 279