Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported
1 G6 A8 G! D' }- C- usome years before. Police records that were studied 1.__________
0 K n- G8 S @; Efor five years from over 2400 cities and towns show 1 Z2 Q1 R2 s+ J4 ?* M( T
a surprised link between changes in the season and 2.__________ 2 |) r, S1 D: W+ f( ]# u
crime patterns. $ [& \- i$ k% q/ N
" i- j0 s2 x$ e4 f5 S( SThe pattern of crime has varied very little
# F- |1 h$ W5 ]4 T; vover a long period of years. Murder reaches its high 2 F7 {! ?+ Q3 h* b$ o) j* D* }
during July and August, as does rape and other violent 3.__________
8 {% X/ h4 h/ |( A. H4 W; qattacks. Murder, however, is more than seasonal: it is a 4.__________ 3 j8 m: I' f \7 n* }) Y" _& p
weekend crime. It is also a nighttime crime: 62 percent
, G# Q% \; N8 z. T" jof members are committed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. & |% }7 E, L7 b7 l3 T( X
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Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm, / \3 y1 g9 j7 r( @+ _
burglary has a different cycle. You are most likely 0 y4 J! _ _; U: Z
to being robbed between 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday 5.__________ - H. _8 U4 Z; u, g0 b5 a
night in December, January, or February. The most
; E6 n' H- g9 b2 T: L6 Quncriminal month of all? May--except for one strange
+ }: A* x4 B) d# {4 dstatistic. More dog bites are reported in this month / D/ e+ F& v. Q6 l. n7 c
than in an other month of the year. 6.__________
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" F. k2 b- \* v) v! Z$ q7 z7 fApparent our intellectual seasonal cycles are 7.__________
* c2 p8 \: f1 k; R. Xcompletely different from our criminal tendencies.
3 E( r' }% G+ y$ e& ?3 b# aprofessor Huntington, of the Foundation for the Study 8 P1 p6 I( s% A- m* D) u' ^
of Cycles, made extensive studies to discover the 9 c1 f9 l7 _9 t/ M$ N" f8 V
seasons when people read serious books, attend scientific
& H" j/ Q/ m# D7 jmeetings, make the highest scores on examinations,
q5 j/ c" {& \- m% i3 I( Aand to propose the most changes to patents. In all 8.__________
8 K; \3 G+ O# V9 b! {instances, he found a spring peak and an autumn peak 6 ?2 n* K+ W2 q. S! `
separated by a summer low. On other hand, Professor 9.__________ + r( D+ Y: c% |5 | ]8 D5 L
Huntington’s studies indicated that June is the peak & y a0 e2 Y9 J% w/ s
month for suicides and admissions in mental hospitals. 10.__________
4 G& T7 R6 o' h5 `# p p+ J0 F, aJune is also a peak month for marriages!- K8 Z. Y# h8 a+ C+ p
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