Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported( g& Z* u6 b1 S) {: l5 i
some years before. Police records that were studied 1.__________6 G4 {2 f+ c' h$ ?; ]1 [
for five years from over 2400 cities and towns show
. d- j9 P5 ]! B0 u; a* k# m$ G- } a surprised link between changes in the season and 2.__________
! J$ O' T- O0 f$ H: c* L& r4 [ crime patterns.
/ L& e( ?" v; ^8 \9 y& v The pattern of crime has varied very little- y7 t9 Y1 t& K# \
over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high
! }/ J" |# Z8 J+ y' b during July and August, as does rape and other violent 3.__________
: x- B, M. b$ r: `8 f attacks.Murder, however, is more than seasonal: it is a 4.__________9 g; E$ i) K# m& [
weekend crime. It is also a hightime crime: 62 percent
0 ~6 W4 O+ i, @3 g. d of members are committed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
* K& x* |6 S/ l! w Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm,! S8 s$ [- A, r
burglary has a different cycle. You are most likely
" O& C/ e& v9 v6 X% Y% T to being robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday 5.__________1 i g2 _! m5 W, K; P d' o
night in December, January,or February. The most
" J( U. N, b9 R5 d- i1 a7 A uncriminal month of all? May--except for one strange
. i+ L7 M( Q3 R+ d( E statistic. More dog bites are reported in this month
4 Q* m2 D r9 O: a than in an other month of the year. 6.__________
6 G) X/ r7 S1 b$ \$ e7 Z) d Apparent our intellectual seasonal cycles are 7.__________ A/ n9 y7 M6 f f- a' s
completely different from our criminal tendencies.& S. r0 n: y4 N
professor Huntington, of the Foundation for the Study
! f6 a+ Z6 l% {& D, @8 G* K( [8 k7 X of Cycles, made extensive studies to discover the
3 B, Z# `9 s4 g' |% C seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific
$ d4 T: N$ U* p5 o- E' A meetings, make the highest scores on examinations,
3 {. v1 H% W5 ?& H0 A2 k, l and to propose the most changes to patents. In all 8.__________- c! N8 @' F, M+ P
instances, he found a spring peak and an autumn peak
# a1 w/ v$ x$ P3 C0 ^1 X separated by a summer low. On other hand, Professor 9.__________
" J6 P* N: O( Q4 D huntinton's studies indicated that June is the peak
$ v6 K" |/ \5 W month for suicides and admissions in mental hospitals. 10.__________& Q( @; k' T8 K# r# D. v
June is also a peak month for marriages!. O9 y# `: s+ U$ g
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