2024
Temperature, Crime, and Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Choi H, Heo S, Foo D, Song Y, Stewart R, Son J, Bell M. Temperature, Crime, and Violence: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Environmental Health Perspectives 2024, 132: 106001. PMID: 39404825, PMCID: PMC11477092, DOI: 10.1289/ehp14300.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA nationwide time-series analysis for short-term effects of ambient temperature on violent crime in South Korea
Heo S, Choi H, Lee J, Bell M. A nationwide time-series analysis for short-term effects of ambient temperature on violent crime in South Korea. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 3210. PMID: 38331944, PMCID: PMC10853231, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-53547-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsViolent crime countsViolent crimeCrime countsNational crime dataIncreased violent crimeSouth KoreaPublic health harmsCrime statisticsCrime dataCrime incidentsDomestic violenceIncreased violenceCrimeViolenceHealth harmsPublic safetyPsychological theoriesWestern communitiesClimate changeEmpirical evidenceTemporal resolution dataCoarse temporal resolutionLong-term trendsDaily mean temperatureShort-term effects of ambient temperature
2023
Association of Ambient Temperature With the Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among Partnered Women in Low- and Middle-Income South Asian Countries
Zhu Y, He C, Bell M, Zhang Y, Fatmi Z, Zhang Y, Zaid M, Bachwenkizi J, Liu C, Zhou L, Chen R, Kan H. Association of Ambient Temperature With the Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Among Partnered Women in Low- and Middle-Income South Asian Countries. JAMA Psychiatry 2023, 80: 952-961. PMID: 37379013, PMCID: PMC10308303, DOI: 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2023.1958.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrevalence of intimate partner violenceIntimate partner violence prevalenceIntimate partner violenceSouth Asian countriesMiddle-income countriesPartner violenceEmotional violenceRisk of intimate partner violencePrevalence of physical violenceInequality of womenAsian countriesAssociation of ambient temperatureMixed-effects multivariable logistic regression modelSexual violenceMultivariate logistic regression modelPartnered womenPhysical violenceCross-sectional studySelf-report questionnairesViolenceLogistic regression modelsPublic health problemSouth AsiaViolent eventsHealth Survey