Note 253 — CRIMINALITY. (continued 2)
Henry P. (Henry Pomeroy) Horton translation
Dugdale gives the following figures in “The Jukes.” They deal with 233 criminals imprisoned in New York in 1875. 40.77% were orphans; 46.78% had been neglected in their youth; 17.16% were descended from criminal families, and 42.49% from intemperate families.253