But what if there is no crime at all? The incredible advances in modern day technology can heavily facilitate or even guarantee the control of crime regularity. The idea of a new form of society which is designed to be completely crime-free is known as the “surveillance state”, it specifically aims at breaking down systematic societal problems and crime rates by increasing surveillance in all areas (Pensador, 2012). In the US, the first step toward this techno-fascist idea has already been made when private companies began hoarding license-plate data from local drivers (G.W. Schulz, 2012). This can undoubtedly resolve the prominent crime issues. But within the bowels of this system we are sacrificing our democracy and freedom, we are submitting ourselves to a totalitarian and oppressive power. Imagine a society where there are no criminals at all, and every prostitute, drug dealer, and criminals of other victimless crimes are instantly arrested with heavy penalties. The existence of these people is what signifies the price of freedom, they are the reminder that we are still living in a free system. Maimonides, famed Jewish philosopher, once used an analogy to explain such situation. If you suppress your body’s inborn ability to fight off diseases by eating tons of medicine, you will die very quickly. If society forcefully oppresses the normality of crime, eventually it will only provoke the opposite of the desired outcome. Organized crime, for instance, was one of the most common form of deviance under the extreme prohibition of gambling, prostitution and drugs in the 1920s (Florien, 2009). Therefore, a small degree of crime plays an important role in guarding the privilege of our body politics and provide us room to express ourselves.

The controversy on the effects of crime can also be discussed under the context of how it justifies our legal systems and promotes job creation. The practicability of law towards crime shows how significant our legal system is in the maintenance of our society. The diversity of law and how it specifically tackles various criminal behaviors is physical proof of why the legal system is still extremely viable nowadays. But, in turn, this cannot be