The authors present statistics to bolster this argument, and trace the roots of the problem to a history of race-linked discrimination and segregation that has produced crime among minorities, as well as diffuse patterns of resentment and aggression. The chapter examines the treatment of minorities within the juvenile and criminal justice systems, and explores the primarily distrustful relationship between minority citizens and law enforcement and justice officials. This discontent and distrust stemming from the root causes of crime and trends in the dispensation of justice may have repercussions that go beyond involvement in crime. Finally, the authors examine how experiences with crime polarize class relations and lead to racial confrontation.