COLD FLOOR EFFECTS ON HOMICIDE

Authors
LOFTIN C CHEATWOOD D
Citation
C. Loftin et D. Cheatwood, COLD FLOOR EFFECTS ON HOMICIDE, Journal of quantitative criminology, 12(4), 1996, pp. 439-444
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Criminology & Penology
Journal title
Journal of quantitative criminology → ACNP
ISSN journal
07484518
Volume
12
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
439 - 444
Database
ISI
SICI code
0748-4518(1996)12:4<439:CFEOH>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The cold floor pattern (a lack of homicides on days with extremely col d temperatures that was found by Cheatwood in Baltimore) is to be expe cted by chance. Under a model in which the number of homicides and the maximum temperature are independent, the probability that a day will fall below the cold floor is small. The Baltimore data do not support a model in which extremely cold weather suppresses human aggression.