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Being hot and uncomfortable doesn’t make you grouchy? Violent crime does tend to rise in the summer months. Maybe opportunity, but maybe mood.

If figure this is a public service announcement. “The heat is making you grouchy. Try to rise above it. Try to stay cool.” In other words, it’s asking people to be self-aware and take responsibility, not providing excuses as some here think.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Violent crime increases to a point not because of the heat, but because people spend more time outside interacting with each other, providing more opportunity for violent crime to occur.

When it gets too hot they start staying inside and crime goes down.

The Hazy Science of Hot Weather and Violence