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Originally Posted by 2stroke
They do help with crime and would you want your child raped on a dark street.  |
Studies seem to prove otherwise.
http://www.britastro.org/dark-skies/...ml#noreduction
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2003/no...igrationpolicy
http://webarchive.nationalarchives.g...dfs/fcpu28.pdf
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The principal conclusion is that no evidence could be found to support the
hypothesis that improved street lighting reduces reported crime. Although some
areas and some crime types did show reductions in night-time crime relative to the
day-light control, the dominant overall pattern, from which this study draws its
authority, was of no significant change
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And as the UK turns off more lights at night the more studies appear.