title: [Diurnal relations of criminal behavior].
abstract: In order to study the correlation between criminal acts and time of day about 900 police reports which covered a period of eight weeks were analyzed. The analysis of 561 reports which have been usuable for evaluation showed that offences against property (theft, burglary) predominantly occur during the day. The activity of burglars more often then the thieves' one goes over into the night. Aggressive offences (including robbery) are mainly observed in the evening and at night. The activity of robbers more often than the ordinary aggressive offenders' one goes over into the next morning. Alcoholic intoxication hardly occurs with offences against property but is significant as far as aggressive offences are concerned. However the day-time variation of occurrence of aggressive offences without intoxication is similar to that of intoxicated offenders.
mesh_terms: D000374:Aggression; D000428:Alcohol Drinking; D002940:Circadian Rhythm; D003415:Crime; D006801:Humans; D013800:Theft; D014754:Violence
vernacular_title: Tageszeitliche Bindungen delinquenten Verhaltens.