It used to be an article of liberal faith that as the affluence of a society increased, so would its general level of happiness and safety. The facts do not bear this out; for despite the phenomenal growth in abundance during the 1960's, the quality and satisfactions of daily living declined. Social turbulence was the hallmark of the last decade. So rapid was the tempo of change that Alvin Toffler observed "future shock" throughout modern society. Cultural fragmentation and the gradual dissolution of traditional political assumptions and loyalties went hand in hand. With problems and affluence mounting equally, people ran away to the proliferating suburbs. Most cities deteriorated during this period and crime rates, fueled by the complexities of drug addiction, shot upwards. The crime rate consequently outpaced the population growth; this happens when a culture cannot maintain its coherence in the face of change and challenge and drain upon its emotional resources. Crime rates have been escalating all over the globe, the so-called underdeveloped countries not excepted. One United Nations survey has projected a sixfold increase in crime by the year 2000--hardly a vision of the second millennium! Violent street crime became the chief dramatic focus of popular apprehension in the Sixties; the public's fear of crime rose accordingly. By the end of the decade "law and order" became a national obsession and concern. It also became a source of potent political mileage and helped ease Richard Nixon