Case in point:
CNN.com: Violent crime takes first big jump since '91
Murders in the United States jumped 4.8 percent last year, and overall violent crime was up 2.5 percent for the year, marking the largest annual increase in crime in the United States since 1991, according to figures released Monday by the FBI.
Hrmmm....help me out here....what happened in 1991? Oh yes...it was the last time we were at war.
Seems that the violent crime rates increase
during periods of war,
not after war.