What doesn't sell doesn't exist.
Crime sells aplenty, despite political proclamations over and again as ruinous to society.
The fact is that it has few rivals as a contributor to the general weal. Ours is a wealthy country, but city streets and public schools from coast to coast show this is not to be confused with a wealthy population. Without crime the United States would be scarcely recognizable and much the poorer . One would be hard put to name a major American city not crying out for additional cops. Also worth considering is the dictum that a very thin line exists between cop and criminal, many times razor thin at that if one believes the news.