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Well, as I am a bit younger than you the first 'realtime' case to inspire me was Adam Walsh. Prior to that I was reading everything I could get my hands on about the Linburgh Baby Kidnapping.

You might say that crime is not worse, coverage is better. I think it would be difficult to calculate either way.

Many of todays crimes are perpertrated by individuals who use the internet as a tool to reach their victims. They didn't have that luxury before recent years. I truly feel that crimes against children in particular are up, as are drug/gang crimes compared to earlier decades.