[oh8eleven]

Todays America makes life from the 50s and 60s America seem like a church garden party.
The 50s - yes, but the 60s? No way. Just off the top of my head ...

Texas Tower Sniper
Richard Speck
JFK, RK, MLK
Black Panthers
SDS
Weathermen
Inner city race riots
Chicago 1968
violence against civil rights marchers
Vietnam

[Mac1]

believe it or not, things are getting better crimewise in your country - not quite the 50s but the trend is getting there:

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/data/table_01.html

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0873729.html

We think our crime is terrible, but for comparison:

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita