Criminal statistics: Why there are more homicides on weekends
For Ibáñez, a professor at the University of California and Adolfo Ibáñez University, there are several factors that explain these numbers: «The consumption of alcohol (and less frequently, drugs), which tend to increase over the weekend, would be a critical factor in the increase of homicides Other less studied factors, such as the decrease in internal or external control that occurs during Saturdays and Sundays, could also be relevant «.