I think we're less violent, and in a way more moddy coddling to our kids which in turn makes them more susceptable to violence and depravity. Back through our history fighting happened all the time, there were very few times of peace kigdoms fighting kingdoms, tribes fighting tribes, men grew up to be hunters and warriors, kids saw everything, were not hidden from the violence in their world.
Today we act as if everything is not our fault. If someone molests someone its because they were abused, if someone is violent its because they were abused, if someone steals something its because they are poor cause the man kept em down, and so on.
Our world has just lost its respect for others. We no longer value other people and the roles they have, we have very few kings or queens, and so really there is no one telling us what to do, and although we revel in it 'wooohooo i'll do what i fucking want!' what we really want is someone to tell us what to do, but we have turned away from our politicians, the police, teachers, doctors, the legal system and the church. We're on our own and its a scary place when anarchy is around the corner.