It has also been linked to violent behavior when these children reach adolescence and early adulthood.

You can never really trust someone who will rape and mutilate a 2 year old for their own sexual gratification.I would rather have most murderers living next door than most violent sex offenders or even non violent pedophiles.

In California, a death in the property MUST be disclosed, whether it is violent, natural or suicide.

I have a brother who has been to Iraq and Afghanistan and he told me the death rate is lower there than in Detroit from violent means.

So long as they don't get violent, I want to let everyone say what they wish, for I myself have always said exactly what pleased me." -- Albert EinsteinI enjoyed reading your post.

You see frequency of crimes in the immediate area and then if crimes are more violent or non-violent in nature.

I bet if someone did try to get violent with you and got an ink pen shoved into their eyeball, they would change tune pretty quickly.

The trulia crime heat map shows that this is a low crime block (most of the crimes were fraud and not violent crimes like shootings and robberies) and if I look at Google street view the houses on this block look kinda nice.

I'm not violent in the least, but if this situation arose, I feel the criminal would have suffered from "poor victim selection" syndrome.

Many people will argue that the chances are small of you getting hurt, but that's usually the same thought someone who's been robbed, raped, attacked, or the victim of any other violent crime thought before it happened.If you refuse to carry a weapon and learn how to use it, ALWAYS take a friend, ALWAYS let someone know when you're meeting someone and that persons verified contact info and how long is should take, and ALWAYS know where your exits are and don't let anyone in between you and the exit.