[net.space] Lighting and crime

Tavares.Coop@MIT-MULTICS@sri-unix (06/01/82)

"But there are other reasons than Halley's comet for considering turning
down the lights at night.  In an enrgy-short age, our cities and suburbs
are wastefully over-illuminated.  Studies show clear correlation between
municipal lighting levels and incidences of crime."

What a revelation.  How about: "Studies show clear correlation between
incidences of crime and municipal lighting levels"?  Now that didn't
hurt, did it.