The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-02-10
INTERESTING STATISTICS.
The Relations Between Education
and Crime.

The Relations Between Education
and Crime.
To the Rdltor OF the Chicago Tribune.
SIR; Every true friend Of education
cannot fail to read with pleasure the ad-
mirsble editorials which have appeared
in the Tribune favorlpg compulsory edu.
cation. In the Tribune Of the 23d inst.
there appears communication, over the
signature Of Bob" in which the writer
attempts to prove, by means Of figures
from report Of the Michigan Peniten.
tisry, that there Is no direct relation be-
tween crime and education. wish to
show, by means OF facts and figures from
the most reliable sources, that, other
things being equal, pauperism and crime
are in the inverse ratio oil the education
OF the mass Of the people; that is, as cdu.
cation increases, crime and pauperism de.
crease, and, as education decreases, pau
perism and crime increases.
First, we will glance at the relation Of
crime TO education In France. DR.. 4. G.
Wines gives this statement, derived from
the best authorities! From 1866 to 1860,
one;half Of the people Of Franco were In
a state OF total ignorance. i,
Whole number under arrest from
1867 to 1863 Observation-Disclosures. 4H,1S3
Number unable to reAd........,.' 442,l95
So IS per cent.
i issSsS I isSsi = ;::i 1912 s,s
AvcrSke number OF Juvenile pris. ~ 0'1''
onefs from 1866 to 1868. ....... s,iS9
Number unable to read ........... 6BO7
..,...,...s"..........sl IL per cent.
At that time, France had, in round
numbers, SO, 100000 Of people. Then we
find the proportions; viz:
In 100000 Of people "unable to read
and WRITE" there were 449194 arrests;
that 10, l In As -a a.
In 100000 Of people who were CON-
monty educated, there were 1889 arrests;
that Is, 1 in 9291. 4
Thus proving the proportion Of crimi-
malls In the uneducated classes to be 800
times as great as that Of the educated
classes. a.
In a recent report Of Dexter Hawkins,
Esq, Of New York City, he says: "In the
six New England States Of our own coun.
try, only 2 per cent Of the inhabitants
above the age of 10 years can neither read
nor write,-yet so per cent Of the crime
in those States Is committed by this small
minority; in other words, person with
out education commits flity.three times as
many crimes as one with education. In
New York and Pennsylvania an ignorant
person commits, on the average, seven
times the number Of crimes that ono who
eau read or write commits; and, In the
whole. United States. the illllerate person
commits ten times the number Of crimes |
that the educated one does.n ..-
In q paper by Edward D. Mansfield, |
IL. D. on the relation between crime
and education, he draws the following
conclusions: I.. [,'TT -
HrH-That one.thir1 OF all the GRIM
inals are totally uneducated, and thai iour.
flths are practically uneducated.
Sec0nd-That the proportion Of Grim
inals from the illIteratO class Is al least
ten.iold as great as the proportion rom
those having some education,
Mr. SDarnell, keeper Of the Georgia
Penitentiary, says: "Education is one Of
the Iital powers in the reformation Of
iallen men and women, who have gener-
ally Rinhed through ignorance. lis ten
dency IL 10 quicken tho intellect, expel old
thoughts, give new ideas, supply material
for meditation, Inspire self.respect, excite
TO higher aims, and afford heallhful sub.
stitute for low. and vicious amusements."
Take 10000 people" says Mr.. Mans
field, Gin New. York and Pennsylvania,
and the result will be as follows: i
.>i.i 10000
Estimated prisoners AL
Prisoners Mnterate !: AZ
oIaetq'''''.''''''':'''' ''.s..,,.,...,..,..
What then Is tho practical result |
That, because, 400 persons out Of iOO00
have been Kept tOtally Ignorant, the conn.