Widespread looting and chaos are often what we expect in the wake of major disasters. But recent Israeli research has determined that communities impacted by natural disasters actually experience a decrease in crime. The study, conducted by researchers from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, examined data from 10,000 natural disasters of differing scopes that struck the United States from 2004 […]
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