"Why The South Is More Violent Than The Rest Of America"

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123. My hand-held doesn't reliably link, but here is a Google

search from: hot weather linked to crime.

The first page of results has 2 sources of interest.
1) PDF "Warm weather and crime UBC Dept. of Geog." A collection/summation of research wherein the conclusion finds strong theortical plausability, but indicates research controls are lacking. Strongest indicators of association are with some violent crime over transient, short-term periods. Many variables unaccounted for even here.

2) "hot weather linked to crime." Warm weather possible factor in violent crime surge. News10.
Again, the evidence shows a transient link to transient temp fluctuations, not a long-term relationship. Acknowledges the century-old debate about climate v. crime.

There seems a lack of sound research showing long-term trends in climate factors which can be separated out from traditional causal links to crime: poverty, education, family factors etc.

I hope this helps.