@Bobko, well, of course when people were losing jobs and borders were suddenly open (and police not ready for it and underfunded), etc. like it happened in the 90's then crime would increase.
That was a transitional period between two completely different political and economical systems though.
Nowadays despite Poland being non-communist we have:
- no large ghettos or underclass districts. I guess you could say that parts of cities with social housing are not the best place to live because of some
patologia living there - but at least people do get that social housing;
- low unemployment and help with finding a job;
- free and universal education;
- limited wealth inequality;
- limited access to weapons, except those used for hunting, sport, etc.
Any evidence that rape and murder were lower in Commie times ? I can't find any numbers and wouldn't believe them
Yeah, that's the problem - communist states were supposed to be perfect countries with no crime, no problems, etc. The propaganda was strong.
nothing worth stealing and impossible to make a quick getaway without either a car or fuel.
My thoughts exactly lol And those were different times - how many women would report rape back then?
but this is something that everyone seems to believe is true based on empirical/anecdotal evidence.
The only thing I've heard really was that people were often not afraid to do hitch-hiking with complete strangers. But how much stuff was on the news back then? We have better access to information now and people are more conscious, imho.
And anyway, not that many people had cars back then so hitch-hiking made sense lol Almost everyone has a car now.