Casinos would bring a substantial increase in crime to the State -- more violent crime, crimes against property, insurance fraud, white collar crime, juvenile crime, drug- and alcohol-related crime, domestic violence and child abuse, and organized crime. The Task Force reviewed studies and statistics from other jurisdictions, academic writing, newspaper articles and other periodicals; spoke with law enforcement and State and local officials in 13 other States and with analysts and attorneys from the US Department of Justice and the National Association of Attorneys General; and met with law enforcement and regulatory officials in the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, the Atlantic County prosecutor, Atlantic City police officers, social services officials, and casino security. Casinos would forever damage the quality of Maryland life. Whatever dubious financial benefits might flow from casino gaming would be outweighed by the tremendous social costs. Notes, tables, bibliography