I agree, DXB is not immune, but in most Western cities, gang-rapists and murderers won't get off so lightly, as tends to happen here, if "locals" are involved. The local youths are a real menace, and have little fear of authority, probably because the police are a joke. Yes, this may be common everywhere else in the world as well, but we don't live there, and my family used to feel much safer in DXB than now! Just because it happens elsewhere, doesn't make it acceptable! Many people are complacent here, feeling they live in some kind of safe tropical paradise, but that just ain't the case anymore ... which is a shame.