Crime rates can be reduced through laws requiring streetlights to be on during the day. Since visibility is poorer in countries located further from the equator, these laws would likely be more effective in those regions. In fact, the only countries that have implemented such laws are located further from the equator than the continental United States.

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Nations that have daytime streetlight laws likely experience fewer street crime incidents each year compared to the continental United States.

In countries with daytime streetlight laws, the rate of street crime occurring during the day is higher than that in the continental United States.

Individuals in the continental United States near illuminated streetlights during the day are just as likely to be victims of crime as those not near such lights.

Poor visibility during the day is the primary cause of street crime in many countries that are further from the equator than the continental United States.

Daytime streetlight laws would likely be less effective in reducing street crime in the continental United States than in countries that have such laws.

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The information states that countries further from the equator have implemented daytime streetlight laws due to poorer visibility, suggesting these laws would be more effective there. Therefore, it can be inferred that such laws would likely be less effective in…

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Whether you can draw a conclusion that must follow from the stated facts.

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