LOL so your saying its false that violent crime has risen in the 3 fold in the last 20 years because they count purse snatching?
Everything else dropped but purse snatching has gone crazy... LOL... Whatever dude.
Any ways it is considered a violent crime as well in the US...
In the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program, violent crime is composed of four offenses: murder and nonnegligent manslaughter, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault. Violent crimes are defined in the UCR Program as those offenses that involve force or threat of force.
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) Program defines robbery as the taking or attempting to take anything of value from the care, custody, or control of a person or persons by force or threat of force or violence and/or by putting the victim in fear.
The supreme court also ruled it was a violent crime.