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There is some evidence that street lights reduce crime! E.g. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10940-020-09490-6 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1
by kaonwarb 1y ago
There is some evidence that street lights reduce crime! E.g. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10940-020-09490-6 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10940-020-09490-6
- pdimitar 1y agoReduce, yes, absolutely. Eliminate -- no.
- Ukv 1y agoWere there any serious claims that street lights would entirely eliminate crime? A "sizable reductions in nighttime outdoor index crimes" sounds like a pretty positive result.
- pdimitar 1y agoI can't claim anything objectively because I never truly looked at it scientifically. I simply come from bad neighborhoods and the amount of times I heard "shhh, don't go there, people will see you" from guys who clearly were looking to start for trouble, was substantial in its own right. Anecdotal evidence, sure, but from a psychological point of view the people who want to steal or harm others feel much safer doing so in the darkness, I have found.