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Increase of Crime EWP 15

“Light was given me that the cities would be filled with confusion, violence, and crime, and that these things would increase till the close of this earth’s history.”—Letter 157, 1902. EWP 15.5

a) Serious crimes in USA (murder, forcible rape, robbery, burglary, aggravated assault, thievery, motor vehicle theft): EWP 15.6

3,800,000 in 1962; 12,800,000 in 1982 or 337 percent increase—US News and World Report, May 2, 1983. EWP 15.7