Taxpayers will have to pay more to put more cops on the street, and erect enough prisons to hold violent criminals, many of whom serve relatively long sentences. The relaxation of due process rules will in some instances compromise civil rights. ,Taxpayers will have to pay more for the public programs needed to deal with the social roots of crime. We'll also need to accept the fact that such efforts may not reduce violent crime rates, except over a period of many years.