Crime is partly a product of the structured inequality of capitalist economic system. Members of the Socialist Party of Metropolitan Milwaukee are concerned about the growth of crime affecting life of people in the Milwaukee area.
Socialists are concerned about violent crime, street crime and white collar crime.
However, this paper addresses the problems of crimes which result in the assault and injury to a person. People and businesses have moved from the City of Milwaukee because of the fear of crime. The efforts of local commercial boosterism and the efforts to portray the city as a recreational center and tourist attraction become unrealistic in light of the escalating homicide rate, which reached a record number in 1989. Many efforts have been made to check the increases of specific crimes such as rape, domestic abuse, chemical abuse, robberies, and street gangs through educational programs and block watch programs. However, there are many contributing causes - poverty, competition and striving for material wealth, exalting of the power of money, inadequate housing conditions, poor urban planning and design.