is crime getting worse, or is it the same just on TV more?

Question

mainly in the uk, but open to all

Answer 1

I honestly don't think crime is any worse today. People did not have access to the amount of new we have nowadays. Everything seems to be reported in such a negative way. There is an awful lot of good stuff in the world. I think the children of today are far more aware than we ever were. They tend to be more tolerant of different races and background. Far more people are educated nowadays, which can only lead to more tolerance and less violence. There will always be a minority who think that life owes them something, but they are definitely only a small number of people.

Answer 2

The difference is that media has a greater capacity to display crime. 40 years ago we only had 3 channels in black and white. Crime is more in your face now. Think of how WW 2 would look on Television now compared to then.

Answer 3

Crime figures show that crime is falling. This is despite several major overhauls of the way that police record crimes which should have caused crime figures to rise. However, it is possible that many crimes go unreported. I am a little sceptical that this is the case as it is my experience that most victims of crime wish to claim on their insurance or claim compensation and therefore have to report crimes to the police.

Answer 4

Define crime - there are a lot of nuisance problems etc vandalsim and the like which is criminal but rarely gets mentionbed in statistics.People to to accept it these days - why I wonder ?

Answer 5

im from the us but ya i think its definatly getting worse here at least oh plus look at all thats happening in the war i mean peace act or whatever the us is calling it over in like isreal or pakistan or somewheres over there

Answer 6

crime is getting worse and nearer to home