Climate change may drive up crime

• Autores: Jon White
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2959, 2014, pág. 12
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • The link between temperature and crime has been studied for years, and criminologists agree that warm days see more offenses. Closed windows in colder weather may deter some crimes, while warm weather may boost social interaction and thus the chances of other offenses, Hot days may also affect physiology, making people more aggressive. In theory, climate change could make this worse. To find out how much, Matthew Ranson of social policy think tank Abt Associates in Cambridge MA looked at monthly figures from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports database.