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短句问答06：法律与犯罪 Crime is not random. but exhibits certain regularities. It occurs more frequently at certain times,in certain groups, at certain places. and under certain conditions. That is to say, crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported some years ago. Police records that were studied for five years from over 2,400 cities and towns correspondingly show a surprising link between changes in the season and crime patterns. The pattern of crime has varied very little over a long period of years. For particular types of crime, e.g. murder or robbery,variation occurs by season,day, and time of occurrence. Generally speaking, murder is more likely to occur during the late spring and summer, peaking in July and August, as are rape and other violent attacks. Moreover, murder, is more than seasonal: it is a weekend crime.It is also a nighttime crime: 62 percent of murders are committed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m. Unlike the summer high in crimes of bodily harm, burglary has a different cycle. It is reported that robbery occurs more frequently in the cold winter months reaching its peak during the holiday season. Thats why you are most likely to be robbed becween 6 p.m. and 2 a.m. on a Saturday night in December, January, or February. What is the most uncriminal month of a11? May-ex-cept for one strange statistic. More dog bites are reported in this month than in any other month of the year. | 
