Crime

"Pitting of the rights of 'the majority' agains an essentialized class of criminals is a stark dichotomy at the center of the crisis of penal systems and the corresponding transformations in policing that have taken place in Britain and the United States since the 1970s" (Gates, 2011, p. 91). There is a discourse that the concerned citizen is living in fear of the criminal (p. 91).

Rioters and Community

During the 1960s, a study found that rioters "were not the disconnected or alienated urban poor....Rather, rioters were more likely to be the settled poor who had more of a stake in their neighborhoods, larger friendship networks, and a greater concern for protesting social inequities. Indeed, it was a combination of friendship networks and local involvement that encouraged individuals to riot...When people did not have much money, they relied on each other" (Rainie & Wellman, 2012, p. 45).

References:

Gates, K A. (2011). Our biometric future: Facial recognition technology and the culture of surveillance. New York: New York UP.

Rainie, H. & Wellman, B. (2012). Networked: The New Social Operating System. Cambridge: MIT.