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Most likely because of the Stock Market. People are robbing, and hurting for money.

There is a misperception about the increase of crime in general. The clouded notion that crime is increasing ( crime rate ) is due to that fact that human populations continue to increase, all the while media coverage of events also increases.

The worlds' population is excessively larger than it was in previous years ( lets say the early 20th century). Due to this increase, the "number" of crimes is most certainly going to rise. BUT. One forgets that the "number" of crimes doesn't in itself uphold any significance and it is in fact the "crime rate" that one should be wary of. AND, it is this "crime rate" that we shall look at.

"A Statistics Canada study released Tuesday shows the rate and severity of police-reported crime fell by about about 3% in 2009 - to a total of 2.2 million crimes. That's about 17% lower than a decade ago."

Media coverage of criminal negligence has certainly increased, due to news networks that can reach out to wider audiences; be it through newspapers, radio broadcasting, television reports, internet news sites, etc.

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