温度,犯罪和暴力:一个系统的审查和元分析
Hayon Michelle Choi1,2, Seulkee Heo1, Damien Foo1
1School of the Environment, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Environmental health perspectives
|October 15, 2024
概括
气温上升与犯罪增加有关,尤其是暴力犯罪. 温度上升10°C与暴力犯罪风险上升9%相关,突出显示了热量对公共安全的影响.
科学领域:
- 环境健康 环境健康
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 热量显著影响健康,但其对犯罪和暴力的影响需要进一步调查.
- 了解气温上升与社会安全之间的关系至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 系统地审查和元分析高温对犯罪和/或暴力的全球影响.
- 提供温度升高与犯罪率之间的关联的总体估计.
主要方法:
- 进行了系统审查和元分析,搜索了MEDLINE和Web of Science数据库,直到2023年11月.
- 从16634篇选的文章中,确定了83项符合资格标准的研究.
- 分析组合了暴力,财产和性犯罪的结果,使用随机效应模型.
主要成果:
- 较高的温度与犯罪和暴力的增加有显著的关联.
- 短期平均气温上升10°C与暴力犯罪风险上升9%有关 (95%CI:7%,12%).
- 在财产犯罪中观察到不一致的关联.
结论:
- 这项研究提供了高温与犯罪,特别是暴力犯罪之间的联系的证据.
- 未来的研究应该专注于一致的定义,先进的建模和多样化的人口来完善理解.
- 调查结果强调需要考虑气候变化对公共安全的影响.
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