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Crime has many Americans shaking in their boots. People don't feel safe anymore (so they do a lot of "cocooning"—hiding at home for security, as well as alarm installing). Every year, one out of every five people is a victim of a crime in the United States. No other nation on earth has a crime rate that is higher. (Source: http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/10-facts-about-crime-in-the-united-states-that-will-blow-your-mind)

People don't feel safe anymore so they do a lot of "cocooning"—hiding at home for security, as well as alarm installing

No other nation on earth has a crime rate that is higher than the United States

And the more the inequities in the society continue, the greater will be the rift between the "haves" and the "have nots." Those that don't have can only put up with not having for so long before turning to crime. Things will get worse unless something is actually done to help them get better. The normal lifestyle produces neither respect nor responsibility in any predictable amounts. Both are needed characteristics if we are to avoid being overwhelmed by criminals in the future. MCs produce respectful, responsible people predictably. MCs are perhaps the only hope that there will ever be safe societies, not only in the U.S., but in the world. MCs won't solve the problem directly, but in the long run where children are brought up in MCs and most people live in them, the impetus for crime will decrease and there will simply be fewer and fewer criminals, until eventually, people will be safe again! But, crudely, the choice is: MCs or oozies.

As the U.S. economy has tanked and as unemployment (real statistics, not administration prevarications) has skyrocketed, many Americans have found themselves becoming increasingly desperate

After World War II, crime rates increased in the United States, peaking from the 1970s to the early 1990s. Violent crime nearly quadrupled between 1960 and its peak in 1991. Property crime more than doubled over the same period. Since the 1990s, however, crime in the United States has declined steeply. Several theories have been proposed to explain this decline:

1. The number of police officers increased considerably in the 1990s. (Source: Levitt, Steven D. ,2004, Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors that Explain the Decline and Six that Do Not. 18. pp. 163–190)
   
2. The prison population has been expanded since the mid-1970s. (Source: Levitt, Steven D. ,2004, Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors that Explain the Decline and Six that Do Not. 18. pp. 163–190)
   
3. Starting in the mid-1980s, the crack cocaine market grew rapidly before declining again a decade later. Some authors have pointed towards the link between violent crimes and crack use. (Source: Levitt, Steven D. ,2004, Understanding Why Crime Fell in the 1990s: Four Factors that Explain the Decline and Six that Do Not. 18. pp. 163–190)
   
4. One hypothesis suggests a causal link between legalized abortion and the drop in crime during the 1990s. (Source: Donohue, John; Levitt, Steven ,2000-03-01,. "The Impact in Legalized Abortion on Crime". Berkeley Program in Law & Economics, Working Paper Series 2000 )
   
5. Changing demographics of an aging population has been cited for the drop in overall crime. (Source: Von Drehle, David. "What's Behind America's Falling Crime Rate". Time Magazine.)

Prison

On the other hand, many Americans are already painfully aware that violent crime is experiencing an upsurge in the United States since 2012. As the U.S. economy has tanked and as unemployment has skyrocketed, many Americans have found themselves becoming increasingly desperate. (Source: http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/10-facts-about-crime-in-the-united-states-that-will-blow-your-mind)

US Bureau of Justice Statistics

US Bureau of Justice Statistics

Source: US Bureau Bureau of Justice Statistics