. but also 0 and thus D and bpfO.26 There was a tendency during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in Anglo-Saxon countries, and even today in many Communist and under-. white-collar crimes, and traffic and other violations. Looked at this broadly, " ;crime& quot; is an economically important activity or "industry," notwithstanding the almost. offenses and the punishments meted out, (3) the number of offenses, arrests, and convictions and the public expendi- tures on police and courts, (4) the number of convictions and the