Mairead Cain
Mr. Ippolito
A/B Odd
9 January 2018
Drexel University. "Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter
the season, study finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 September 2017.
<www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170925132948.htm>.
the season, study finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 September 2017.
<www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170925132948.htm>.
For my current event article, I decided to read and analyze the article
“Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter the season,
study finds,” from the online source Science Daily. The article discusses
a research project that concluded the notion that violent crime is more
likely to occur during the hotter seasons of the year. Leah Schinasi, PhD,
and her assistant research professor, Ghassan Hamra, PhD, conducted the
majority of this research expedition. The pair examined a decade worth of
statistics taken from Philadelphia in order to conclude that violent crime
was more likely the hotter it was outside. “When the heat index (a metric
that uses temperature and humidity to represent human comfort) was 98
degrees, rates of violent crime were 9 percent higher compared to days
when the temperature was 57 degrees.” Disorderly conduct rates would
also increase with the temperature. “Our findings are reasonable when
you think about social behavior,” Leah Schinasi said. “When temperatures
are extremely cold or hot, people stay indoors. But as temperatures
become more comfortable, more people are outdoors, which presents
greater opportunity for crime.” Despite the somewhat strange pattern,
Schinasi noted that location of the specific crime would have to be taken
into account as well. That being said, there is a clear correlation between
the temperature outside and violent criminal activity. This is particularly
concerning considering the changing climate and the inevitability that it
will only get worse in the decades to come.
“Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter the season,
study finds,” from the online source Science Daily. The article discusses
a research project that concluded the notion that violent crime is more
likely to occur during the hotter seasons of the year. Leah Schinasi, PhD,
and her assistant research professor, Ghassan Hamra, PhD, conducted the
majority of this research expedition. The pair examined a decade worth of
statistics taken from Philadelphia in order to conclude that violent crime
was more likely the hotter it was outside. “When the heat index (a metric
that uses temperature and humidity to represent human comfort) was 98
degrees, rates of violent crime were 9 percent higher compared to days
when the temperature was 57 degrees.” Disorderly conduct rates would
also increase with the temperature. “Our findings are reasonable when
you think about social behavior,” Leah Schinasi said. “When temperatures
are extremely cold or hot, people stay indoors. But as temperatures
become more comfortable, more people are outdoors, which presents
greater opportunity for crime.” Despite the somewhat strange pattern,
Schinasi noted that location of the specific crime would have to be taken
into account as well. That being said, there is a clear correlation between
the temperature outside and violent criminal activity. This is particularly
concerning considering the changing climate and the inevitability that it
will only get worse in the decades to come.
Considering the fact that this article concerns the correlation between
temperature and criminal activity, it is evident that said research plays an
extremely important role in the future of forensic science. Authoritative
institutions can use this newfound information to possibly prevent future
violent crime by simply looking at the weather. The information also gives
another reason as to why climate change should be considered as an actual
threat. Politicians are constantly putting the imminent, if not currently
occurring, issue aside. Even the United States federal government, once
an innovator for scientific advancement, puts the problem in its own corner,
solely there for future generations to fret about. Now, there is proof that
climate change could also negatively affect human relations, along with the
planet’s ecosystem.
temperature and criminal activity, it is evident that said research plays an
extremely important role in the future of forensic science. Authoritative
institutions can use this newfound information to possibly prevent future
violent crime by simply looking at the weather. The information also gives
another reason as to why climate change should be considered as an actual
threat. Politicians are constantly putting the imminent, if not currently
occurring, issue aside. Even the United States federal government, once
an innovator for scientific advancement, puts the problem in its own corner,
solely there for future generations to fret about. Now, there is proof that
climate change could also negatively affect human relations, along with the
planet’s ecosystem.
Overall, I believe that the article “Violent crime increases during warmer
weather, no matter the season, study finds,” was extremely well written and
equally informative. The authors were able to describe the lengthy statistics
at hand while relating back to how said information will affect the future.
The authors go into amazing detail surrounding how, exactly, they conducted
their research. In an effort to improve the article, the authors should have
supplied the reader with more information surrounding any future research
projects. It would be interesting to know how, exactly, the researchers intend
to inform the American populace about this newfound knowledge. The
authors could have further improved the article by providing even more
statistics and comparisons from their research.
weather, no matter the season, study finds,” was extremely well written and
equally informative. The authors were able to describe the lengthy statistics
at hand while relating back to how said information will affect the future.
The authors go into amazing detail surrounding how, exactly, they conducted
their research. In an effort to improve the article, the authors should have
supplied the reader with more information surrounding any future research
projects. It would be interesting to know how, exactly, the researchers intend
to inform the American populace about this newfound knowledge. The
authors could have further improved the article by providing even more
statistics and comparisons from their research.
21 comments:
Overall, I really enjoyed this write up as it provide a more condensed narrative. The article although quite arbitrary was actually proven with bouts of statistics and scientific reasoning, besides stating "Crime gets worse when it is hotter", it provided more evidence such as certain times of days when the weather is hot resulting or correlated with more crimes. I did however wish that Mairead provide a different perspective than that of the Article maybe using other facts besides statistical or coming up with self contrived reasoning for the pattern.
Overall, I really enjoyed this write up as it provide a more condensed narrative. The article although quite arbitrary was actually proven with bouts of statistics and scientific reasoning, besides stating "Crime gets worse when it is hotter", it provided more evidence such as certain times of days when the weather is hot resulting or correlated with more crimes. I did however wish that Mairead provide a different perspective than that of the Article maybe using other facts besides statistical or coming up with self contrived reasoning for the pattern.
This analysis of an article went into the bigger patterns that are present in crime and the correlation between weather and the amount of criminal activity outside. The article was very well written and it went into the different ways that weather affects crime and the reasons behind this. It was written clearly and was very easy to understand since there was a concise flow to the information presented. There were multiple scientists working on collecting this data and it was good that the author of this summary wrote them all out and told which colleges they were affiliated with. It was also good that she told the reader if they had a doctorate since it created a sense of professionalism to the analysis. Another thing that she did well was include quotes. Even though the topic was not scientifically difficult to understand, it was good to provide some insight into the research directly through the words of the scientists.
There were a few things that she could have done to enhance her analysis. When I read the title of the analysis and the article respectively, I was curious at how they had come up with the hypothesis for this. I wanted to know a little bit more about how they ended up researching this information and the process that they went through because this seems interesting. I would be interested to know some more information on how this information could be implemented in police work and how this knowledge could be used to their advantage or to prevent crime. There could have been more thoughtfulness in that area.
Overall I thought it was a very interesting and introspective. Her thoughts on what this could mean in the context of global warming was very interesting and it brought a new kind of perspective on how interconnected things are. This was an aspect of the analysis that I appreciated the most.
Lily Monahan
Current Event 13
Forensics D Even
January 9th, 2018
Drexel University. "Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter
the season, study finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 September 2017.
.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170925132948.htm
I read Mairead’s review of the article “Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter the season, study finds.”. She did a great job summarizing key points in the article, and it was a good read. She also included quotes, which added to her review and made it easier to understand.
Mairead could have incorporated more details to give more credibility to this topic, and I would have also liked to find out more about the relation of this study to the specific field of forensics.
Overall, this was a very cool thing to report on because it's a very interesting concept that something as simple as the temperature could actually affect crime rates.
I thought the review was very well written and engaging, and the summary was very clean and informative. I also found that the use of quotes fit very fluidly in with the rest of the review. Mairead’s explanation of the significance of this topic to us today and in the future was very insightful and brought up some points I hadn’t considered. Her critique was equally thorough and overall I thought the entire review was very well done. Really I don’t have anything to suggest regarding improvements.
The most interesting thing for me was that there is an entirely different heat index used to measure temperature based on how comfortable it is for humans, rather than on a scale of hot to cold. This actually makes a great deal of sense and is very useful, but I had never heard of it before.
Drexel University. "Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter
the season, study finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 September 2017.
.
Mairead’s review the article “Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter the season, study finds,” from Science Daily was very well done. I thought that she was able to incorporate her quotes smoothly into her review which made it easier to read. I also thought that she was able to connect the issue of which temperature affects criminal activity to how it connects to forensic science and the role it plays in the future. Mairead also did a good job in incorporating a good amount of quotes from experts which give further background to the issue.
Although Mairead’s review was overall well written, I thought that there were a few areas which could be improved. She explains that the research plays an important role in forensic science, though she did not further explain in what ways it can affect forensics as she mainly discussed the issue of how the government dealt with the issue of climate change. I also thought that it would have been helpful to go more into detail regarding the rise in crime during a warmer temperature.
Overall, I thought that Mairead’s review was equally informative and interesting to read. It was interesting to learn more about how much temperature can affect criminal activity as well as the impact it can have on the future of forensics.
Andrew Rotchford
Current Event 13
I thought that the review was very well written and kept the reader engaged. the summary of the article was very clear and gave a lot of information. Throughout my read of the review I found that their use of quotes was very fluid in the rest of the review. Cain Explanation on specific Topix in the article are very resonant with us today and our future and it brought some inside and some new points that I didn't know. thought she did a great job.
I would maybe suggest talking about how it relates with forensics a little bit more but I think she did it enough. Also a couple of read-throughs can help but I didn't find any errors.
The thing that I found most interested in that I learned is that there is entirely different index used to measure temperature based on how comfortable it is for a human. As humans we are so coddled now.
Drexel University. "Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter the season, study
finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 September 2017. .
Mairead wrote an excellent response to the article “Violent Crime Increases During Warmer Weather, No Matter the Season, Study Finds” by Science Daily. She began with a succinct and informative summary that provided the reader with all of the necessary information including how Schinasi and Hamra came to their conclusions. She also did a great job including quotes from the researchers that explains why their findings make sense when you consider social behaviors because it made the study’s conclusions easier to understand. I also loved how Mairead applied this article to the changing climate because it really put the study into perspective and connected it to current issues.
Mairead wrote an incredibly thorough and well-written current event report so it’s difficult to find things that she can improve upon. She wrote that “authoritative institutions can use this newfound information to possibly prevent future violent crime by simply looking at the weather” but I think that she could have provided a suggestion for how to do this. One small thing change is that she could make sure to capitalize the whole title of the article.
I thought that this article was extremely interesting because I didn’t realize that there was a statistical correlation between the weather and violent crime. I definitely think that this study can lead to other conclusions in the field of forensics and affect how people view the effects of climate change.
Catherine Faville
Mr. Ippolito
Current event 13
Drexel University. "Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter
the season, study finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 September 2017.
.
Mairead wrote a good analysis of the article “Violent Crime Increases During Warmer Weather, No Matter the Season, Study Finds” by Science Daily. Her summary was detailed and informative, this was showed through her extensive quotes as to why researchers came to their findings. She also did a great job in connecting the criminal activity to temperature, making it a important issue for the future. However, her review was well written but she could have tied in her own opinions throughout, instead of the articles, it would have made the case stronger and more interesting to read. Also if she added outside perspectives on the matter, along with other sides to the article it would have allowed the readers a contrasting view and opinion on the matter. Overall her review was interesting and very informative to read, it made me think about how this could possibly be a key study in the field of forensics and climate change.
Scott McGrath
1/09/18
Current Event 13
Drexel University. "Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter
the season, study finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 September 2017.
.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170925132948.htm
Mairead did a very good job reviewing this article titled “Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter the season, study finds.” This is a very interesting article. It discusses how studies show that more violent crimes occur during the hotter seasons of the year. When the heat index was 98 degrees, violent crime rates were up 9 percent. This is very intriguing. Mairead did a very good job writing this. I really liked how she paced the review, it made it much easier to read. I also really liked how much depth and length there was to the review, giving more for the reader to learn. Lastly, I thought she did a very good explaining this seemingly obscure topic and making it easy to understand and interesting to read.
Despite these positives, there are some negatives. For instance, I thought she could have used a few more quotes, first hand sources are always great. Also, I think that her opinions could use some work and be easier to understand. Overall it was a great review.
The part that blew me away was how warm weather can possibly have a correlation with violent crime rates, it seems so obscure. Overall, she did a very good job reviewing this article.
Gordon Hoffman
Mr. Ippolito
Forensics
1/9/17
Augenstein, Seth. "More Pressure, More Touch DNA, Study Says." Forensic Magazine, 8 Jan. 2018, www.forensicmag.com/news/2018/01/more-pressure-more-touch-dna-study-says. Accessed 9 Jan. 2018.
The article “More Pressure, More Touch DNA, Study Says” by Seth Augenstein talks about a recent study University College London that shows that the amount of pressure that is applied leads to an increase in DNA left behind. The test was done by having two volunteers press down on a sterile board with low, medium and high amounts of pressure. The amount of pressure was measured by kilopascals and they pressed at 4, 21 and 37 kilopascals. The study found that the amount of DNA left behind was not because of who the person leaving it was and it didn’t vary day to day but instead was all dependent on how hard they pressed down.
This is a very important study because DNA analysis is used in many crimes and this is something that can help investigators. The study pointed out that “Pressure is a key variable for crime scene investigators and forensic examiners to consider when prioritizing items/surfaces that are likely to produce successful touch DNA results”. This new information will help investigators a lot by helping them figure out the most important places to look for DNA samples. The article also discussed the problem of secondary transfer where DNA just from a handshake could end up on knife used in a crime and an innocent person’s DNA could be found.
The author did a good job talking about the findings of the study and included many useful quotes. It would have been nice if they talked about a way to counter the problem of secondary transfer DNA since they presented it as a problem but never addressed a way to fix it. It also would have been nice if he explained how kilopascals were measured as even though it’s explained that they measure force it would have been nice to know how much one kilopascal is. But overall the author did a good job, it was easy to follow, had good quotes and overall was well written.
Lucy Rizzo
January 11, 2017
Forensics
Current Event 14
Drexel University. "Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter
the season, study finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 September 2017.
.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170925132948.htm
I read Mairead’s summary of the article “Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter the season, study finds” from Science Daily. I though Mairead did many things well in this summary. Mairead immediately referenced the scientists in the article and statistics, making the information easier for the second source reader to understand. Mairead then incorporated direct quotes which weaved perfectly into her transition of thought and analysis. I also though Mairead did an impeccable job incorporating her own thoughts and opinions to tie up the review.
There was really not much that I could pick on for Mairead to improve upon. If she needed to change something I think she could have included any recent cases where this new information based on correlation was presented as evidence. She also could have researched herself if there are any future research projects, having not been mentioned in the article but both of these suggestions would far surpass going above and beyond the requirements of this assignment.
Mairead’s summary review really sparked my interest and I found the research very compelling and interesting. I’m interested to see if there are new research projects as well if this research holds jurisdiction in a court of law and will be used in any cases.
Timmy McGrath
Bronxville School
Current Event
January 16th, 2018
Drexel University. "Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter the season, study
finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 September 2017. .
Mairead wrote a review on the article “Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter the season, study finds.” Mairead was able to use her summary in a very effective way. She drew the reader in by mentioning some of the most interesting facts from the article and then kept the reader interested by dropping some more facts as the review went along. She also did a great job using her own thoughts and incorporating them into the review. She also was able to relate this article to the climate changing which helped the reader relate it to a issue that is relevant to them.
There was not much that could have made her review better I thought that she did an excellent job writing it. I think maybe if she had included some outside information on the situation it could have made the review a little better.
I found this very interesting and would like to research more into the topic. I felt as if this really related to me because it is a current issue that is not getting enough attention.
This week Mairead wrote a current event on the article "Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter the season, study finds." written by Drexel University. The article published in ScienceDaily talks about warmer temperatures having an increase in crime rates: especially those of a violent manner. The first that surprised me was that there was a window of temperatures that affected crime. The temperatures couldn't be too cold, nor could they be too hot. They have to be at a good degree for people to be outside comfortably. I was also surprised that it could happen in any season, as long as it's comfortably warm out. Finally, I was also surprised that crime rates went up a total of nine percent just because of the weather!
This was a really simple, yet informative current event to read. Mairead did an excellent job conveying the point of this article to the reader. However, there was some things I thought that could’ve been added to the article. One thing that could've been added was her own personal opinion about the results. She also could have added what the government was going to do about the data in this article, and find out ways to prevent crime.
Overall, this was a really well written article. However, this data was solely from one city. I feel that if the researchers went to other cities and got data from them, and the data correlates, then police and the government could use this for their advantage in keeping people safe. This was a really interesting article to read, and I look forward to seeing updates about the study in the future.
Gordon Hoffman
Mr. Ippolito
Current Event
1/18/18
Drexel University. "Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter the season, study
finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 September 2017. .
I read Mairead’s summary of the article “Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter the season, study finds” from Science Daily. Overall I thought she did a good job of summarizing and critiquing the article. She made good use quotes as it added to the review and gave us a good look into what the researchers were thinking. She also cited statistics well and gave the reader a better idea of the actual data. She also included her opinion in a meaningful that added to her review. Her review was overall very good but there are two things I would change. Firstly she could have added some outside information about what law enforcement are doing about this problem. Secondly she could have included her opinion throughout the article and not just at the end. I found this very interesting as I never knew that changes in weather and crime patterns related. It has certainly given me some things to consider.
Liam Grealy
Current event #14
Forensics
Drexel University. "Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter
the season, study finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 September 2017.
.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170925132948.htm
In this current event article, Mairead was able to accurately summarize the article, “Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter the season, study finds.” This article was mostly about The article discusses a research project that discovered violent crimes are more likely to occur during the hotter weather. Mairead did a good job touching upon the important point of this article, describing how the research team dissected the statistics and came to their conclusion. In addition to this, Mairead was able to talk about the relevance of this article, and how with each decade the connection between crimes and hot weather increases. This is concerning as it is a growing issue and isn't well known. A last thing Mairead did well, was accurately criticize what the author could have done to make the article better. I agree with Mairead and saying that the article was too vague and she could have summed up the important points better and included more detail.
Although Mairead did a good job addressing the main points, I think she could have gave more details in her summary. Another thing Mairead could have done was improve her grammar and format of paper. One last thing that Mairead could have worked on was add additional information on the topic, although she did a good job summarizing it, I had to go back into the article to clear up any questions I had about the article.
One thing I was impressed with from reading this article and review is that the weather affects crime.
Isabella Dibbini
Mr. Ippolito
Current Events
5 February 2018
Drexel University. "Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter
the season, study finds." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 25 September 2017.
.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/09/170925132948.htm
Mairead wrote an excellent review of the article “Violent crime increases during warmer weather, no matter the season, study finds,” from the online source Science Daily. Mairead developed an accurate summary of this article. In addition, she incorporated a quote into her review to support her claims. For instance, she quotes ““When the heat index (a metric that uses temperature and humidity to represent human comfort) was 98 degrees, rates of violent crime were 9 percent higher compared to days when the temperature was 57 degrees.” Also, I was impressed by the connections Mairead made between the article and its effect on forensic science. She brought up an interesting point; she states “Considering the fact that this article concerns the correlation between temperature and criminal activity, it is evident that said research plays an extremely important role in the future of forensic science.”
Mairead wrote a very good review on this article, however, they are a few things in which she could improve. To start with, I wish Mairead included more quotes from her article. Also, if Mairead wanted to take her review to the next level, she could include outside research, about this product, which would also make her review more interesting.
By reading this article I expanded my knowledge on forensic science. Overall, Mairead’s review is very good and shows a great understanding of this article.
Mairead's review on the article "Violent Crime Increases During Warm Weather, No Matter the Season, Study Finds" was very well written. I really thought the quotes that Mairead added helped enhance her review and make it so much stronger because it helped when explaining things and clarification was found. Such as quotes from Leah Schinasi, "Our findings are reasonable when you think about social behavior" this is a quote from Schinasi that Mairead incorporated into her article that helped put my perspective into a different view making the point of this article make more sense. I enjoyed when Mairead started talking about climate change and how it's an actual issue and how politicians and all of us need to take it more seriously. I thought her adding quotes on statistics and numbers made her review much stronger as well such as when she added the quote on violent crime rates going up by 9% on nice weather.
Mairead did a really nice job but what could be improved is her conclusion. I would have liked for her to put more of her own opinions in her review because it would've been interesting to see. Her second paragraph was mainly on climate change and although I had a nice time reading it and it did add to her review I would've liked for some paragraph to be a bit more on what she thinks about the article and violence increasing during warm weather.
Overall Maireads review was very well thought out and what struck me the most was them having to look at a decades worth of statistics. That's a lot and not many people would be willing to do that.
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