I already had an opinion on this before the article appeared. LeBon, in his book on crowds, argues that people in groups or crowds (or demonstrations) don’t behave in their own individual characters and get carried away in the ‘heat’ of the moment. They become ‘hot-headed’ and sometimes violent.
Hot weather means that crowds can gather more easily, without getting wet or cold, so the violent or murderous behaviour is more likely to happen on summer evenings than on cold, rainy winter nights. Alcohol also helps with the loss of inhibitions.
Warm weather + alcohol = formation of groups. or crowds.
Groups + more alcohol = violence.
This is why there is no such thing as a ‘peaceful demonstration’ , especially in the summer.
Neil Cheshire
2 years ago
In Darwin northern Australia there is a surge in violent crime every year during the ‘build up’ – in October/November at the end of the dry season when the humidity increases rapidly but before the rains arrive. See ‘mango madness’ and ‘tropical season affective disorder’.
Laura Creighton
2 years ago
We should be able to look at the data and see if much of the increase is done by people who are at home, or who are out and about, or if it’s about the same. If there is a difference we could look at how hot weather effects who stays in and who goes out.
Is it stranger-murder, gang-vs-gang murder, murder while in the commission of some other crime, or domestic violence that is leading the pack here, or something else, or are things just up in all categories?
Alan Thorpe
2 years ago
Try studying some basic physics and discover that humans are not responsible for changing the climate.
Yes but we can’t get our opinion over can we. I am proud to be a scientist and have read just about everything on global warming. I know that there is no evidence at all for AGW.
I already had an opinion on this before the article appeared. LeBon, in his book on crowds, argues that people in groups or crowds (or demonstrations) don’t behave in their own individual characters and get carried away in the ‘heat’ of the moment. They become ‘hot-headed’ and sometimes violent.
Hot weather means that crowds can gather more easily, without getting wet or cold, so the violent or murderous behaviour is more likely to happen on summer evenings than on cold, rainy winter nights. Alcohol also helps with the loss of inhibitions.
Warm weather + alcohol = formation of groups. or crowds.
Groups + more alcohol = violence.
This is why there is no such thing as a ‘peaceful demonstration’ , especially in the summer.
In Darwin northern Australia there is a surge in violent crime every year during the ‘build up’ – in October/November at the end of the dry season when the humidity increases rapidly but before the rains arrive. See ‘mango madness’ and ‘tropical season affective disorder’.
We should be able to look at the data and see if much of the increase is done by people who are at home, or who are out and about, or if it’s about the same. If there is a difference we could look at how hot weather effects who stays in and who goes out.
Is it stranger-murder, gang-vs-gang murder, murder while in the commission of some other crime, or domestic violence that is leading the pack here, or something else, or are things just up in all categories?
Try studying some basic physics and discover that humans are not responsible for changing the climate.
Yes but we can’t get our opinion over can we. I am proud to be a scientist and have read just about everything on global warming. I know that there is no evidence at all for AGW.
Your comment is both off-topic and wrong. If you want to argue about climate change, try doing it on an article that is actually about climate change.
Hey Chill Out!
I remember being in New York and people would say, ‘People just go crazy’ during the summer heat in the claustrophobic and smelly streets..
“While the total number of crimes doesn’t change that much…”
Why is that the case?