Heat can bring more problems for counselors - and courts. I'm getting more calls, because more people are in trouble with the law. What I see is more anger and frustration.
Lawmen see the effect too.
Just as human beings, when we're uncomfortable, we get irritable. Crime statistics back Guelker. In January 1997 Twin Falls police took 15 reports of domestic violence and made nine arrests, said Hall. In August 1997, Twin Falls police took 21 crime reports on domestic violence and made 15 arrests. More women come to the Volunteers Against Violence shelter in Twin Falls during July than any other month, said agency Child Victim Coordinator Patti Clark.