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Re: Help with 7 Circuit Project?



"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Most burglaries actually happen in the daytime.  The primary concern of most
>burglars is not to be CAUGHT, nor to enter a house where someone might shoot
>them or engage them in a confrontation.  Here's the first stats I found
>through Google that confirm the breakdown:
>
>Occurrences       Time                       Value of property stolen
>652                 (6:01 p.m.-5:59 a.m.)    $1,022,171
>911                 (6:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.)    $2,244,070
>
>www.co.fairfax.va.us/ps/police/pdf/Pg0899.pdf

You'll find similar figures nearly everywhere you look (except from alarm
dealers).

I mentioned this here a few years back but I think it's worth repeating. A
local (Cincinnati) TV station did a brief series that included interviews
with career burglars (then serving sentences in prison). They confirmed that
early afternoon was the best time (from their POV) because that was when
target houses were most likely to be empty. Alarm systems did not phase them
because they were in and out with time to spare before there was any
response. The only thing that deterred them was a dog _INSIDE_ the house.

Burglaries of businesses peak during the night for the same reason - that's
when they are least likely to be occupied.



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