There is a higher crime rate on days with Full Moons

kenji4861 · December-30th-2001, 03:59 AM

http://skepdic.com/fullmoon.html

Did you know? People even buy and sell stocks with the moon phases. This info might come in handy some day.

islandpro · December-30th-2001, 04:07 AM

thanks for the useless infomation.

sunbyrne · December-31st-2001, 02:12 AM

Uhh, did you actually read the article you're pointing to? It, in fact, the article notes that the phase of the moon is NOT related to increased crime. I'll quote:

"Ivan Kelly, James Rotton and Roger Culver examined over 100 studies on lunar effects and concluded that the studies have FAILED to show a reliable and significant correlation (i.e., one not likely due to chance) between the full moon, or any other phase of the moon, and each of the following:" (my emphasis).

And in that list were various crime measures.