Just to put Dubai in some perspective.It is not as safe and civilised as some would have you believe. Scratch the verneer of shiny glass and marble and you have a rather savage and primitive society. These links are from the local news within the last week. It may be argued that this could happen anywhere but this sort of thing seems to be becomming a regular occurrence here and needs to be considered by someone bringing a family here.
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/Nat...ticleID=143430
http://www.gulfnews.com/Articles/Nat...ticleID=143065