I really wonder if the actual vs imagined crime rate against children has changed since I was a kid in the 60&#x27;s. I rarely got driven to schools unless I took a bus. Often we walked or rode a bicycle. Perhaps it&#x27;s related to more media coverage of crimes causing more fear and back in those days we had little understanding so we weren&#x27;t worried.<p>I was mugged once walking on Halloween when I was 6-8 or so by a group of teenagers who took my candy and pushed me to the ground. They then continued to walk down the street (toward my house) and I ran home crying, told my dad, he confronted the teens, identified their parents (not sure how) and called them. In the end I got something of the candy back and I don&#x27;t know what happened to the teens. I don&#x27;t think I ever liked Halloween much after that experience.