If the weather is poor, less people will be out and about therefore there will be less opportunities to commit crimes creating more costs to commit crimes than benefits

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- Biology
- Rational Choice Theory
- Psychology

Possible Factors to Causing the Correlation Between Crime and Pollution

Rational choice theory is a theory that highlights that criminality is a calculated cost vs benefits choice in that those who choose to commit crime believe the success of the crime outweigh the reprocussions

Definition of Rational Choice Theory as Applied to Criminology

Herrnstadt, E., &amp; Muehlegger, E. (2015, December 14). Air Pollution and Criminal Activity: Evidence from Chicago Microdata. NBER. https://www.nber.org/papers/w21787. 

Air Pollution and Criminal Activity: Evidence from Chicago Microdata Citation

It may affect the nervous system, brain chemistry, cause inflammation or may affect the thought process of individuals leading to criminal activity as they are not thinking normally

The Biological Response to Pollution and How it May Cause Crime

Pollution and its Effect on Rational Choice Theory to affect Crime Rates

Irritation and pain, headaches, and eye and respiratory issues may cause discomfort which may lead to crime; mental tolerance is lower, therefore inhibition is weakened skewing people into to uncharasitcal criminal behavior

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