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Erica · 07-03-2002, 11:49 AM

I think that people can decide and feel what places are dangerous trusting their intuition. I am not saying there are not any dangerous places at night, but I am saying that you can use your intuition to decide if the place is dangerous or not rather than just say I will never go out at night. I also believe people should always use their awareness while out- day or night. The advice to "not go out at night" not only limits peoples freedom, but it is almost impossible to follow for anyone.

Plus ---
U.S. Jutice Dept. States:

"While overall violent crimes were more likely to occur during the day than at the night, some crimes exhibited different patterns.
Fifty-four percent of incidents of violent crime occurred between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. " (Violent Crime, 4/94. Summarizes 1973-92 trends in rape, robbery, and assault from the National Crime Victimization Survey; homicide data from Vital Statistics of the United States, National Center for Health Statistics; and 1992 murder data from the FBI Uniform Crime Reports. NCJ 147486)

So you really can't say that more violent crime happens at night b/c it happens during the day time.

I believe that many people believe this myth that just because you don't go to certain areas or just because you don't go out at night or just because you never wear a short skirt, or just because you live in " .. " ..etc.. you won't be victimized. And this is not the case.

07-03-2002, 11:49 AM	#17 (permalink)
Erica Novice Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Atlanta, Georgia, USA Posts: 64 Groans: 0 Groaned at 0 Times in 0 Posts	re I think that people can decide and feel what places are dangerous trusting their intuition. I am not saying there are not any dangerous places at night, but I am saying that you can use your intuition to decide if the place is dangerous or not rather than just say I will never go out at night. I also believe people should always use their awareness while out- day or night. The advice to "not go out at night" not only limits peoples freedom, but it is almost impossible to follow for anyone. Plus --- U.S. Jutice Dept. States: "While overall violent crimes were more likely to occur during the day than at the night, some crimes exhibited different patterns. Fifty-four percent of incidents of violent crime occurred between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. " (Violent Crime, 4/94. Summarizes 1973-92 trends in rape, robbery, and assault from the National Crime Victimization Survey; homicide data from Vital Statistics of the United States, National Center for Health Statistics; and 1992 murder data from the FBI Uniform Crime Reports. NCJ 147486) So you really can't say that more violent crime happens at night b/c it happens during the day time. I believe that many people believe this myth that just because you don't go to certain areas or just because you don't go out at night or just because you never wear a short skirt, or just because you live in " .. " ..etc.. you won't be victimized. And this is not the case.