Note 323 — CRIMINALITY. (continued 2)
Henry P. (Henry Pomeroy) Horton translation
A second proof of the influence of the contagion of crime is found in the fact that the criminality in the cities, where people come more into contact with each other, is in general greater than that in the country. Although it is evident that we cannot impute this exclusively to imitation (it is due, among other things, in part to the great differences of fortune found in the cities), it still plays an important part.323 The following figures give a picture of the criminality in the large cities and in the country.324