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Climate change and crime: review and implications on criminal justice

The purpose of this study is to review and examine theories and empirical studies that explain the impact of climate change on crime and to derive policy implications. Unfortunately, theories and empirical studies explaining the relationship between climate and crime are relatively rare. Thus, the current study also included the relationship between weather factors and crime. To date, the empirical relationship between climate or weather and crime has been largely tested using existing criminological concepts and theories. However, Agnew recently proposed a theoretical model of the impact of climate change on crime, and theories on climate, aggression, and self-control are being proposed, and efforts are being made to comprehensively understand the relationship between climate and crime. On the empirical side, the relationship between climate or weather and crime is being actively analyzed in foreign countries. These previous studies generally find a fairly stable positive relationship between temperature and crime (especially violent crime) among climate or weather factors, but there seems to be no academic consensus on the strength of the relationship between climate/weather and crime. Based on the review of these theories and empirical studies, some academic and policy implications were suggested.