Does the full moon have anything to do with crime rate?

The crime rate is high at the full moon.

According to this new study, the moon can not only affect the tides, but also affect human beings, resulting in a series of symptoms from gout to bladder problems. The cause of car traffic accidents may even be related to the moon, and the hormonal balance of the human body will also be affected by the moon.

On the basis of summarizing the research results just completed and the previous 50 studies, scientists suggest that doctors and police should adjust their work with the changes of the moon's profit and loss cycle. Research shows that the number of people going to general clinics will increase during the full moon. Research conducted by the University of Leeds shows that this number has increased by about 3.6 percentage points, and during this period, each clinic will increase by about 3 patients. Although the researchers did not study the nature of the disease and the causes of the influence caused by the moon, they said that "the moon seems to have nothing to do with people's anxiety and depression."

At the full moon, the crime rate is high. The sample of 65,438+040,000 newborns in new york seems small, but the birthdays of these children are organically and evenly distributed within 29.56 days. This number of days is a moon's profit and loss cycle, and the number of children born in the last quarter of this cycle will peak. The time of birth peak shows that women's ovulation will decrease sharply during the period when the brightness of the moon decreases after the full moon.

A study in Florida shows that murder and serious injury cases will increase significantly in the days near the full moon. The second study, jointly conducted by three police districts, found that the crime rate was much higher on a full moon night than on other days. A four-year study of traffic accidents found that the number of traffic accidents was the least on the day of the full moon, while the number of accidents was the highest two days before the full moon. Traffic accidents are more likely to occur in the monthly surplus period than in the monthly deficit period. Another three-year study of 800 patients with urinary uncleanness showed that the urinary retention reported by these patients to the hospital was higher during the full moon than at other stages of the profit and loss cycle. Interestingly, the patient did not show any characteristics of daily cycle, monthly cycle or seasonal cycle on the problem of unclean urine.

According to a study by Georgia State University, what we eat and drink is also affected by the moon cycle. The researchers observed the changes of nutritional intake and dietary patterns of 694 adults during menstrual period. They concluded: "The nutritional intake of these people is related to the profit and loss of the moon. Compared with the new moon, these people's food intake increased by 8 percentage points during the full moon, while their alcohol intake decreased by 26 percentage points. "

Although scientists have been trying to prove that the moon does have an impact on people at some time, little is known about the reasons for this impact. Scientists have not tested the theory that the moon will cause some changes in people through gravity until now. But the latest research has turned to the influence of the moon on human hormones.

Michel Zmick of the Polish Academy of Sciences said: "The moon cycle will have an impact on human reproduction, especially on ovulation, menopause and birth rate. Other things related to human behavior, such as traffic accidents, crimes and suicides, seem to be affected by the moon cycle. Although the exact principle of the moon's influence on people and animals needs further exploration, what we know now can help police and doctors work more effectively. "

The researchers also found the relationship between the number of patients with heart or bladder diseases and diarrhea and the moon cycle. Menopause, ovulation, spontaneous abortion and thyroid diseases are also easily affected by the moon cycle. Dr. Zmick said that this effect may be caused by the attraction of the moon to human immune system, hormones and steroids. He said: "In the initial stage of research, it is difficult to explain the precise principle of this effect of the moon on human immune response. The possible substances that have a regular influence on human immune system are mainly melatonin and biochemical alcohol, and the content level of these two substances in human body is affected by the moon cycle. This shows that melatonin and endogenous biochemical alcohol may be the intermediate substances of human physiological process changes. Electromagnetic radiation and the gravity of the moon may cause the production of hormones in the body. "

No matter how the moon produces these effects, the moon will always exist in human imagination, just like this "rock" luminous body hanging in the sky forever.

(Excerpted from Beijing Science and Technology News)