Ophiolite
Valued Senior Member
I can address from memory only one set of facts for one country. Child murder in the UK occurs at the same rate today as it did in the 1950s and as it has done in each decade since.
Lest anyone think I am complacent about, or indifferent to this situation, they are mistaken. Awareness of child murder is much greater today than it was in the 1950s. That is one reason that today children are not allowed the freedom's we enjoyed. Parental fear of risk. The risk itself has not changed.
I do not know if this applies to other crimes. I do not know if it applies to other countries. I suspect it might.
I therefore believe it to be more constructive to focus on the fact that the crimes occur at all, rather than on some contestable change in rate. One crime of violence is one too many.
Lest anyone think I am complacent about, or indifferent to this situation, they are mistaken. Awareness of child murder is much greater today than it was in the 1950s. That is one reason that today children are not allowed the freedom's we enjoyed. Parental fear of risk. The risk itself has not changed.
I do not know if this applies to other crimes. I do not know if it applies to other countries. I suspect it might.
I therefore believe it to be more constructive to focus on the fact that the crimes occur at all, rather than on some contestable change in rate. One crime of violence is one too many.