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Post by BlackHawk on Mar 13, 2014 18:27:40 GMT -5
I'll be the guy that says demographics have nothing to do with what that 'predicted model' was saying.
It was saying an increase of violent crime gloablly, not regionally..so demographics have nothing to do with that model...only reason stated for the rise in violent crime was a rise in temperature.
Incidentally, the Bahamas is a hot couontry..and has a murder rate of 10.7 per 100,000...so heat isn't a scientific factor, ergo, this science is anything but science, and is blatent fearmongering relying on people's ignorance of facts.
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Post by worldmaster on Mar 13, 2014 19:41:13 GMT -5
Of course it is...what's the number one thing almost everyone does in the Summer?
Sleep with their windows open..more attractive to an opportunistic burglar, than a house bolted up tight to keep the cold out in Winter.
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Post by texasrangers on Mar 13, 2014 19:50:44 GMT -5
The abstract addresses crime, not specifically rape. Why state it in such a manner? Crime rises during heat waves, this isn't new knowledge. Increasing number of heat waves... more crime. Pretty simple, so simple that I'm not sure a study needed to be done on it. But I suppose it helps prepare areas most likely to suffer.
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Post by msapple on Mar 13, 2014 20:31:08 GMT -5
It doesn't mean it will be warmer. In fact - we're having record breaking snow where I am. It means it will be more extreme in eother direction (depending on the season).
I could see electrical grids breaking under extremes. The New York black out in the 70's. if crime didnt increase there during that it wouldn't overall.
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Post by Olivia on Mar 13, 2014 20:37:54 GMT -5
I'm loving how because the title has global warming in it that everyone is jumping on and trashing what the report says. And I thought this site was about denying ignorance, not displaying it in epic proportions Sigh.
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Post by holygrail on Mar 13, 2014 21:02:52 GMT -5
So if I write a report that purple people eaters are creating rise in crime rates during their dinner period because people are breaking and entering for a place to hide, the report is worthy of reporting and supporting?
How can you have cause and effect when the cause is a false premise? Again I ask when are the people at ATS going to admit Global Warming is pure unadulterated BS?
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Post by Apollo_18 on Mar 14, 2014 11:51:54 GMT -5
Guess the rise in temperature explains all the stories of people attacking the snow plow drivers up North too. Maybe the crime rate has more to do with people's attitudes in general. I'm sure a drastic change in weather can exacerbate any situation but, maybe just maybe people need to learn to control themselves. Ya know that little thing called RESPONSIBILITY.
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Post by crimsontide on Mar 14, 2014 12:19:38 GMT -5
Meh... i guess it does effect moods. But when it's rainy and miserable outside i, among with others (please God) wouldn't take it upon ourselves to go beat up a granny.
Those who are already in the mindset of a criminal will probably not watch the weather forecast to see when it's best to pounce.
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Post by platinumblonde on Mar 14, 2014 13:43:23 GMT -5
Your report would go into the skunkworks or hoax bin immediately because it has no fact to back it up. I have provided links with data that prove that during heatwaves, violent crime rises. The police have hard data on this that is difficult to dispute. Make what you will of the global warming aspect, but the basic premise of extreme heat causing more violent crime is sound.
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