Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported5 |' P/ B, s. s* ^5 k& X
some years before. Police records that were studied 1.__________
% U0 [- X# V: h' O. k. t for five years from over 2400 cities and towns show* x+ X6 G. F1 ?8 X. l% \
a surprised link between changes in the season and 2.__________8 @$ C* ]. O3 R! Y6 w- h% \6 U& m
crime patterns. [$ `; r6 }& c2 ~5 _
The pattern of crime has varied very little
% s1 B5 t. t2 O5 B o1 v' B) m over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high
6 a: ~' T1 G/ s% a during July and August, as does rape and other violent 3.__________" m5 \2 U9 G3 n+ B
attacks.Murder, however, is more than seasonal: it is a 4.__________6 O% O) U) m2 A6 H6 o
weekend crime. It is also a hightime crime: 62 percent
& {) b6 q% j% C& `1 u of members are committed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.$ S* d$ D, n' A; h5 n
Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm," a. L* k) z6 @
burglary has a different cycle. You are most likely
5 w$ G! U2 a+ r: F1 W1 ~. y7 s# I! H to being robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday 5.__________
. J0 [8 Z5 g+ N0 I7 G7 x! G L8 u night in December, January,or February. The most
9 N& s) n$ a, Q1 V, N- R uncriminal month of all? May--except for one strange: y5 Y) W9 @* w8 |8 [
statistic. More dog bites are reported in this month( C% u# K* q7 Y/ ~; D/ f
than in an other month of the year. 6.__________- f% D0 X! {2 h( q8 N1 ?
Apparent our intellectual seasonal cycles are 7.__________8 Y1 _+ Q; B2 L
completely different from our criminal tendencies.* n9 K( X; p! c
professor Huntington, of the Foundation for the Study
v* F& i* z. a# W! F+ J of Cycles, made extensive studies to discover the
; Z/ z, U4 M1 {$ v9 [- J9 |' r9 g seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific$ Z7 k1 q! A0 Q7 }0 r4 `1 ?) i
meetings, make the highest scores on examinations,% }5 q; J% e. A3 `7 g7 x; C
and to propose the most changes to patents. In all 8.__________
2 H: ` u5 @' t- N' v. y. c instances, he found a spring peak and an autumn peak
* G' O/ G! `, [1 t; o separated by a summer low. On other hand, Professor 9.__________
1 s. h- }6 G% ~5 ?) U G& I2 \ huntinton's studies indicated that June is the peak
7 h% G: Z4 Y s' U' Z8 A+ d; ~ month for suicides and admissions in mental hospitals. 10.__________
) G) ?. n( v/ M June is also a peak month for marriages!% h" |" W% |, K2 B, B# |: u
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