Thats a slant I hadn't heard before on the issue. However, moving down that path as a devil's advocate, I wonder: what's the average detection rate of white-collar crime in a white-collar community? Obviously a murder on the street is not going to be common there, but, perhaps, some slimy work on the stock market is more common?

re war research. It's a double-bladed sword. A lot of the $$ that comes from military work goes to fund graduate students in their study here. So without that money, they wouldn't even be able to go to school- unless we isntituded a replacement. And military research drives interesting innovation to deal with the chaotic nature of the situation.
The industrial/military complex drives both good and bad in the world.