Quote from: dkmonk on April 28, 2012, 10:18 pm I still don't go for walks and the last time I did I was stopped and searched and watched until they saw me enter my house, because it was night time and they said they check anyone who walks past dark lolThere's something interesting here to learn about human nature. It goes something like this:Crime, at least of certain stripes, does not occur in the morning. Specifically, it does not occur between the times of 6AM and 12 noon. Let's call it the 'children of the night' hypothesis. In the morning, a young man slouch-walking to the shop for breakfast wearing a hoody, nobody notices him. But at 2AM, all that changes, and he's carefully watched or avoided on the streets. Why? Beats me. There is no logical justification for the belief per say. But most people, including the police, instinctively appear to believe this. Perhaps it is even generally true. Perhaps young men are more likely to drink later in the day, become loud, brash and prone to violence. Maybe they also believe in this hypothesis in some way, because it is expected. But such examples of mass psychology give an arbitrage point to those who operate against the current. Anytime there is a difference between belief and truth, you can use it against your enemy. I think the Roman's typically attacked at dawn, maybe they knew people were more fearful then, slower to react.One group of people who have clearly mastered this concept are the professional thieves, that is why the majority of burglaries occur in the morning or early afternoon. People's psychological defenses and perception of risk, apparently has some link to the the level of luminosity.Think of it. More violent crime occurs in the summer because of the higher temperatures, yet because of the light levels in the northern hemisphere, people are more paranoid about it in the winter. You should then expect to see the opposite pattern emerging in the southern hemisphere (so, it is dangerous to average out your expectations here because it wouldn't reach the correct conclusion). Weird. I would wager good money you can also derive a fair approximate of a cities average crime rate by measuring the average distance between street lamps and their brightness.