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http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,21861044-5012763,00.html
EXTRA police officers are to be deployed on the streets of a British city after research established a direct link between the full moon and violence.
Analysts at Sussex Police found a rise in unruly incidents at full moon while investigating external factors that influence people’s behaviour.
Together with the most common paydays, the full moon was identified as a particular time when aggressive behaviour rose among drinkers in pubs and nightclubs in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex.
Inspector Andy Parr said that he would like universities to examine further the link with the lunar cycle.
“I compared a graph of full moons and a graph of last year’s violent crimes and there is a trend,” he said.
“I’d be interested in approaching the universities and seeing if any of their postgraduates would be interested in looking into it further. This could be helpful to us.”
Mr Parr admitted that the idea might sound fanciful, but he added: “There are many things we are still learning about. The Moon has a strong influence on tides and magnetic forces can influence people’s psyche.”
Scientific studies have identified the link between the full moon and extremes in human behaviour. In a recent paper, The Lunar Cycle: Effects on Human and Animal Behaviour and Physiology, Michal Zimecki, of the Polish Academy of Sciences, analysed studies that took into account lunar activity.
He claimed that a full moon could affect criminal activity and health, leading to an increase in crime and admissions to hospital. He said that the effects were so marked that it “may be helpful in police surveillance and medical practice”.
In 1998 a three-month psychological study of 1,200 inmates in the maximum security wing at Armley jail, Leeds, discovered a rise in violent incidents in the days before and after a full moon.
Superstitions involving the Moon can be traced back centuries. In the 17th century, Sir William Hale, the Chief Justice, was explicit about the connection between the Moon and a person’s mental state: “The Moon has great influence on all diseases of the brain, especially dementia.”
As well as madness, the full moon was associated with lycanthropy, in which a man becomes a werewolf.
People are also more likely to be or to feel ill. Research at Leeds University found that the number of requests for GP consultations rose by 3.6 per cent when the moon was full.
But for all the studies that claim to have found a link between the lunar cycle and human behaviour, no one has been able to explain it. Some believe that, as humans are mostly made of water, lunar gravity pulls us in the same way as it does the sea.
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Ok - can someone help me here?
1) The moon is ALWAYS full, but we can only see a small fraction of the moon depending on location of the moon/sun.
So how can a full moon affect us?
2) One assumption that the full moon affects some animals is because it can aid in them seeing at night (on a clear night) and therefore they become far more active (this is my own theory incidentally). Could that be the same with criminals? I would have thought conversely - you wouldn't want to be 'seen' as a crim!
3) We are affected by gravity on the earth due to the pull of the sun and the moon. This is what gives rise to tides etc. But the earth is jolly large and we as humans are jolly small. The earth is around 70% (not exact) water and humans are around 80% water. But the earth is affected by gravity because of its huge size. Humans are not affected by Newtonian gravity at all!
4) Werewolf stories etc and other myth have kept the human imagination burning for countless centuries. So why stop now?
5) This is where science can no longer help the innocent - we're beyond help - unless of course we blow up the moon and that'll stop crime the world over!
Your comments?
EXTRA police officers are to be deployed on the streets of a British city after research established a direct link between the full moon and violence.
Analysts at Sussex Police found a rise in unruly incidents at full moon while investigating external factors that influence people’s behaviour.
Together with the most common paydays, the full moon was identified as a particular time when aggressive behaviour rose among drinkers in pubs and nightclubs in Brighton and Hove, East Sussex.
Inspector Andy Parr said that he would like universities to examine further the link with the lunar cycle.
“I compared a graph of full moons and a graph of last year’s violent crimes and there is a trend,” he said.
“I’d be interested in approaching the universities and seeing if any of their postgraduates would be interested in looking into it further. This could be helpful to us.”
Mr Parr admitted that the idea might sound fanciful, but he added: “There are many things we are still learning about. The Moon has a strong influence on tides and magnetic forces can influence people’s psyche.”
Scientific studies have identified the link between the full moon and extremes in human behaviour. In a recent paper, The Lunar Cycle: Effects on Human and Animal Behaviour and Physiology, Michal Zimecki, of the Polish Academy of Sciences, analysed studies that took into account lunar activity.
He claimed that a full moon could affect criminal activity and health, leading to an increase in crime and admissions to hospital. He said that the effects were so marked that it “may be helpful in police surveillance and medical practice”.
In 1998 a three-month psychological study of 1,200 inmates in the maximum security wing at Armley jail, Leeds, discovered a rise in violent incidents in the days before and after a full moon.
Superstitions involving the Moon can be traced back centuries. In the 17th century, Sir William Hale, the Chief Justice, was explicit about the connection between the Moon and a person’s mental state: “The Moon has great influence on all diseases of the brain, especially dementia.”
As well as madness, the full moon was associated with lycanthropy, in which a man becomes a werewolf.
People are also more likely to be or to feel ill. Research at Leeds University found that the number of requests for GP consultations rose by 3.6 per cent when the moon was full.
But for all the studies that claim to have found a link between the lunar cycle and human behaviour, no one has been able to explain it. Some believe that, as humans are mostly made of water, lunar gravity pulls us in the same way as it does the sea.
** ** ** SLiM6y's Word ** ** **
Ok - can someone help me here?
1) The moon is ALWAYS full, but we can only see a small fraction of the moon depending on location of the moon/sun.
So how can a full moon affect us?
2) One assumption that the full moon affects some animals is because it can aid in them seeing at night (on a clear night) and therefore they become far more active (this is my own theory incidentally). Could that be the same with criminals? I would have thought conversely - you wouldn't want to be 'seen' as a crim!
3) We are affected by gravity on the earth due to the pull of the sun and the moon. This is what gives rise to tides etc. But the earth is jolly large and we as humans are jolly small. The earth is around 70% (not exact) water and humans are around 80% water. But the earth is affected by gravity because of its huge size. Humans are not affected by Newtonian gravity at all!
4) Werewolf stories etc and other myth have kept the human imagination burning for countless centuries. So why stop now?
5) This is where science can no longer help the innocent - we're beyond help - unless of course we blow up the moon and that'll stop crime the world over!
Your comments?
