In the city, crime is taken as emblematic of class and race. In the suburbs, though, it's intimate and psychological, resistant to generalization, a mystery of the individual soul. 人们认为，城市犯罪象征阶级仇、民族恨，而郊区犯罪常发生的熟人之间，有其心理渊源，它们拒绝被同化，具备个体灵魂的神秘性。