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/^t/'A rising tide of violence' is a phenomena of the last six years. Since the fall of the communism in 1989 the society has gone through major political and social shifts, which in consequence caused the rising tide of violence. Among the political changes that have contributed to the rise there are: the fall of the state run by secret agents as well as the opening of borders. The social factors that have caused the rising tide is the fact that the government as well as the citizens have become poorer.