Some experts warn that Net addiction can worsen depression and cause withdrawal from reality. Others see the Net as the latest scapegoat for the human urge to overdo. Everyone agrees more research is needed before pathological Internet use can be classified as a true addiction. These efforts are proceeding in communities convinced that making it hard for criminals to exit an area will deter them from entering. Creating these minineighborhoods, goes the logic, breeds community spirit that leads to measures like neighborhood crime watches.
Critics tick off several reasons, including racial divisiveness.
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