Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported
* \! U) _' A% I! c/ c' g) l some years before. Police records that were studied 1.__________
# N) s# Y. @( y* g' z for five years from over 2400 cities and towns show
& G }- S& F U y% v a surprised link between changes in the season and 2.__________
- M' R+ F$ \4 t) C9 E crime patterns.+ z, t+ f; ^: P+ T# x
The pattern of crime has varied very little
' m2 z( \9 ]/ M/ g V over a long period of years. Murder reaches its high) A3 {7 l) _9 @6 j' b4 N/ V
during July and August, as does rape and other violent 3.__________3 n. O1 {7 o: u* n. n& f: h% e
attacks.Murder, however, is more than seasonal: it is a 4.__________8 F$ |" `8 A: [% x4 j# ]: k/ L
weekend crime. It is also a hightime crime: 62 percent
# x* k% A/ c! Q8 ?4 u of members are committed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m.
! b1 O7 k) u4 J8 N Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm,
v! r* s/ I7 J6 b; c: @1 i2 G: u/ ` burglary has a different cycle. You are most likely2 j4 z# D( K; n& d" i" x
to being robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday 5.__________
, G& V9 S- }- v! Q: r! ^ night in December, January,or February. The most. C5 U' y4 q1 H* |. M
uncriminal month of all? May--except for one strange
6 b, ]; Y" }; N8 n1 N statistic. More dog bites are reported in this month( s& G. c7 [( @$ ^& s8 K, b) m
than in an other month of the year. 6.__________
- k$ k1 _. n( Y Apparent our intellectual seasonal cycles are 7.__________( G8 }3 b& E; O6 L' l
completely different from our criminal tendencies.
8 D/ X* d' A9 K2 J: V B% [ professor Huntington, of the Foundation for the Study
4 { e% y$ X) ~" `4 |5 M7 c6 s! | of Cycles, made extensive studies to discover the$ x' S9 d( s0 Y! K8 j+ b
seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific( F; Y# ?/ e. c
meetings, make the highest scores on examinations,* `, M8 |" O* U" y; Y
and to propose the most changes to patents. In all 8.__________
: k8 ~6 R& X/ O8 F% c8 [' W5 Y( j instances, he found a spring peak and an autumn peak
- e/ K4 t5 p1 d# ]% Z" l+ b) \; v+ u0 e separated by a summer low. On other hand, Professor 9.__________
8 u, G# q' ^7 D5 X huntinton's studies indicated that June is the peak H) H; ^0 a$ F, |7 q2 o- C! {& h
month for suicides and admissions in mental hospitals. 10.__________
7 B, |/ C0 \, m7 ?/ X0 a, Q- { June is also a peak month for marriages!
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