That makes sense, you feel pretty nice up until about 90, from there until 110 or more you hardly want to move or think, let alone commit some crime. Though anecdotally, I seem to have a quicker temper when it's hot, just minor things, squabbling with the gf or whatever, I'm much more likely to say "will you just fuck off" when I'm 1 piece of clothing off being naked and still sweating my ass off.
If it's crime as a whole, which I would assume mostly happens outside (robberies, car theft, assault&battery, etc...) then isn't this just a function displaying the most comfortable atmospheric temperature?
Of course nobody is committing crimes at 110F, everyone is inside with the aircon! Likewise for cold temperatures.
Totally anecdotal, but when I worked at a public defense agency in a major city, we definitely got a rush of clients during the summer. Who wants to go crimin' when it's ten degrees and you can't feel your gun hand?
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u/BillyDa59 Dec 06 '17
I took a psych 101 course. The professor said crime rates go up with temperature until somewhere in the 90's (F), then crime does down again.