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Cesare Lombroso, a modern man of science

Note 19 — Chapter III · OPPOSITION TO LOMBROSO’S VIEWS—WOMAN AS CRIMINAL—THE POLITICAL CRIMINAL—CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGY

Eden Paul translation

In Germany in the year 1899 (“Statistik des Deutschen Reichs,” vol. xxxii., II., 50–65), for every 100 men condemned for the offences specified below, there were of women convicted of the like offence:

Crime and misdemeanour in general 19·3

Breaches of the peace 12·0

Perjury 14·6

False accusation 35·8

Procurement 164·6

Procuring abortion 375·9

Infant exposure 400·0

Fraud 20·0

Injury to property 6·0

Simple assault 11·8

Aggravated assault 7·9

Petty larceny 37·9

Major thefts 13·3

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