Define “civilized country”?
In the US murder rate was higher throughout the 1980s and much of the 1990s.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/187592/death-rate-from-homicide-in-the-us-since-1950/
https://www.infoplease.com/us/crime/homicide-rate-1950-2014
https://jeffreybutts.net/2002/03/28/risefall/
European murder rates are also down from their 20th century peaks. https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-rise-and-fall-of-homicides-in-europe
Nah, that's your typical doggy side-eye, very much species specific. You'll see it several times a day.