Energy crisis -> Financial Crisis -> Recession + Unemployment = Mass Widespread Crime

So if biker gangs, martial law, and foreign occupiers aren’t our greatest security threats, what is our greatest risk? In short, crime. - PeakOilDesign

NVDL: We've already seen the impact of inflation on poor communities manifest in South Africa as 'Xenophobia'. It is really a desperate attempt by the disenfranchised to survive by any possible means. The number of disenfranchised - worldwide - is growing rapidly now due to the factors in the title of this post.

clipped from www.peakoildesign.com This is not a trivial threat. Consider the number of neighbors or relatives you know who have made preparations or even listened to concerns about Peak Oil and the host of other crises on the horizon. Chances are they can be counted on one hand, at best. This presents a huge security risk literally in our own backyards as our hungry friends and neighbors grow desperate in their needs for food, warmth, and water. Crime will present itself more and more frequently as time goes by and is by orders of magnitude the security risk about which we should be most concerned. The catch, however, is that we need friends and neighbors in order to assure our long-term survival. Despite many survivalist claims to the contrary, it is a much greater risk for an individual or family to attempt to survive the wilderness alone than the threat of attack by those closest to you.