+100

I firmly believe that most of the paranoia out there is fueled by the information age, and how much more people are inundated with bad news these days.
It's not entirely true that there are more sexual predators, murderers, serial killers, rapists, etc out there these days. We just hear about it much more often due to the efficiency of the news mediums. Here in the NW, 10 years ago you'd rarely hear about an child abduction in Arkansas. Now it's on CNN/Nancy Grace in 30 minutes.


I don't have a source, but I recall hearing a few years back that these days there is now far less crime than 20-30 years ago when I grew up.