Multiple times in the Forum I have said that that the Old days when I was growing up were better and have further stated that People these days don’t know that because the did not grow up then.
I am being told by others that it is just My perception that is wrong that I am selectively focusing on only the good things.
For Me the Old days is about the 1950s into the Mid 1960s. In the Mid 1960s things started to change. To me this corresponded with Social agitation and Drug use; but, the causes are not what this thread is about.
In the Pics are various crime statistic charts and it shows a clear rise in various crimes since the mid 1960s.
Speaking of perception if you were a young Person during the 1980s your perception would be that the Crime Rate is lower now then at that time and that would be true. However, the crime rate is still not as low as it was in the Early 1960s.
I don’t know if there are any charts on Ethical Behavior covering that time but I also believe that the Adults in My early years where more honest and decent People then the later Adults.
The last chart is on Prison Spending. It reflects only a small part of the Cost that Crimes cost Society. The Cost to investigate and prosecute Crime is not there nor is the Cost to Crime Victims and Insurance Companies.
I hope I got them all in the right order but I think the Charts speak for themselves.
Crime Chart 1
http://www.volokh.com/2013/01/10/public-opinion-on-the-death-penalty-and-violent-crime-rates/
Crime Chart 2
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/warrenthrockmorton/2013/06/25/dear-david-barton-violent-crime-is-not-increasing/
Crime Chart 3
https://blogs.lclark.edu/hart-landsberg/2009/12/05/the-prison-industrial-complex/
　
Crime chart 4
http://prince.org/msg/105/360424
Chart 5
http://catholicexchange.com/does-porn-prevent-rape
Prison spending
https://blogs.lclark.edu/hart-landsberg/2009/12/05/the-prison-industrial-complex/

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