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Originally Posted by crich70
Actually I've heard that just the opposite is true. There are more crimes both sexual and plain murder because people don't know their neighbors as much anymore when they move to the big cities. It's then that the molesters and serial killers can have a field day. If 50 different people live in an apt. complex for example and you don't know all of them who is to say that someone who shouldn't be there won't get in the building and strike at random? They seem to look for types (whether to molest or kill) from what I've heard rather than individual people. Chikatilo for example murdered both adults and kids. Either runaways or kids and adults who for one reason or another crossed his path by chance. He didn't stick with just blonde haired little boys as victims for example. When you don't know the person next to you that's when the serial offender has the best chance of doing what he wants. I mean look how long it took to catch Chikatilo for example. He could travel and people didn't know him, and since many people traveled for work or otherwise he didn't stand out.
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Killing, yes, but molesting... one could act like Chikatilo (i.e. waiting for some kid to appear in an abandoned place where the maniac waits), and he will be successful in both USA and Russia; but when it comes to maniac breaking through a window, or a well-known friend of family visiting the home when the parents are out, i believe the chances of that are significantly lower for Russia.
But, again, this is purely my guesswork.