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There's actual data on this. The correlation between summer and increased violent crime is real. http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/spcvt.pdf http://www.bjs.g
by danielvf 10y ago
There's actual data on this. The correlation between summer and increased violent crime is real.
http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/spcvt.pdf http://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/spcvt.pdf
- tamana 10y agoSpike Lee's first famous movie was about this.
- mturmon 10y agoAnd it captures the feeling of heat putting everyone on a hair trigger very well.
- chronolitus 10y agoFor those wondering - Do the Right Thing (1989)
- cornholio 10y agoLuckily, defensive fire arms still work ok in the summertime. (sorry for the cheap joke, european here, I still can't relate to the american reality where people run around with fire arms killing each other and you somehow need to blame it on the weather)
- late2part 10y agoI resent your cheap and illogical attack on my country and my people. I'm an American and I don't run around with firearms killing people. More crimes happen in the warmer months because more people are active, outside, and interacting with each other. See this data from the UK And this graph [2] [1] http://www.ukcrimestats.com/National_Picture/ http://www.ukcrimestats.com/National_Picture/ [2] http://imgur.com/a/Qxm4F http://imgur.com/a/Qxm4F