Every year I asked my students the same question: Where are the high crime areas in town? The Applied Resources ModelMaking a distinction between crime and lawbreaking leads to several valuable insights. According to this view, crime is a product of the resources—criminal statutes, money, time, and effort—that are devoted (applied) to catching lawbreakers. A provocative corollary of the applied resources model says that, when it comes to catching, prosecuting, and convicting lawbreakers, the government’s resources are not applied equally to all segments of society. Or maybe it’s because the police and courts apply more resources to those areas and fewer resources to other areas.