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Genigraphics® has been producing output from PowerPoint® longer than anyone in the industry; dating back to when we helped Microsoft® design the PowerPoint® software. US and Canada: 1-800-790-4001 Email: info@genigraphics.com [This sidebar area does not print.] Michelle Kushnir, College of Staten Island, Sarah Mathew, Hunter College Macaulay Honors College Professor Liu ITF Maggie All of the unviersitites who put their information onlineT he Internet Our Families Aknowledgements 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. References Because stress can have a severe negative effect on the behavior of college students, this study analyzes the trend between campus crime rates and months of the year. We pulled detailed incident reports for one college from each state, and graphed it to study any correlating change between the number of reports and when major examinations are given. We will then use statistical methods to determine if there is a definite correlation between these two variables. The implication of these findings for more campus security and/or stress reduction measures before or during examination time periods are discussed. Abstract Introduction We first assumed that colleges across the country have midterms during the months of October and March, and finals during the months of December and May. We then searched up schools from each state* until we found a school with a detailed crime log, which includes the dates and types of crimes reported. We read through the types of crimes, and excluded reports such as “suspicious activity”, “medical emergency”, “dropped 911 call”, etc. These will be not considered as criminal activity. With this data, we graphed the numbers of crimes by the month they were committed during. *Due to the lack of data we found for some states, they do not have a college to represent them. We noticed during this search that for many schools, there is similar data called crime reports that tally the number of crimes per year at that school. This type of data is more popular than the crime logs, and Methods and Materials Conclusions Results Figure 1. Label in 24pt Calibri. Figure 2. Label in 24pt Calibri. Table 1. Label in 24pt Calibri. Chart 1. Label in 24pt Calibri. It has been studied that forms of stress affect the behavior of individuals. For example, there is a correlation present between stress and rates of violence within a household. During times of major conflict, the source that sparked it is usually economic stress. Stress has clearly shown to produce criminal-like behavior. A college student’s main source of stress would be from the midterms and finals he/she would have during semester. Students have already been tested to behave negatively because of academic stress. Students experience anxiety attacks, mood swings, and exhibit anti-social like behavior. This is partially the result of multi-tasking various obligations and failing to balance them well. Individuals are known to behave irrationally under high-pressure situations. We are studying whether this change in behavior extends into the social, public sphere as well. Hypothesis If stress affects the social behavior of individuals, then during the months that students have examinations, there will be more crime committed.