Then the destruction happens again in another upheaval. The riots are only one effect of the social dynamite that continues to accumulate. Rampant crime, which terrorizes the nation is another. This lawlessness often comes into mainstream America. Consequently, it enrages and exasperates the citizens more than the riots in the inner cities.
Citizens fear for their safety.
Seldom does anyone in authority address the criminal activity-poor education connection. Jonathan Kozol in Illiterate America pointed out that illiteracy and imprisonment are directly linked , and statistics from across the nation bear him out. For example, in Florida 43 percent of state-prison inmates test below the sixth grade level , and math skills of 65 percent of New York prisoners don't meet eighth grade standards . Twenty-five million adults, more than the entire population of the state of New York, are functionally illiterate. If the impossible were accomplished, and the government apprehended and confined all felons, the nation would quickly replace them.