As concepts of private property and individualism are widely disparaged, rising crime and violence are met by increasing suspensions of civil liberties, affecting not only criminals but also innocent citizens. (Additional threats to civil liberties will be noted in our analysis of Graph 4.) In the United States, for example, property may now be seized from persons who are merely suspected of a crime. Even if such citizens can still raise the funds to mount a successful legal defense and receive absolution in the courts, they often encounter extraordinary legal obstacles to recovering their property. Furthermore, in an increasingly statist society, many laws and policies (e. g., the "War on Drugs") prohibit activities that have no victims, in the precise technical sense of the term (see Glossary). Precisely, for this reason, detection and prosecution of such activities becomes virtually impossible without further invasions of civil liberties. Enforcement of drug laws and other victimless "crimes" also adds enormously to the costs of police enforcement and to court dockets.