The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-07-30
SEX AND CRIME.
MEN ARE MORE PROMINENT, GRIM
iNALLY, THAN WOMEN
Reasons to BE Taken Into Consideration
The History of Crimc and Wh"t
Demonstrptes - Remarkable Fact.
observation-disclosures

From the circumstance that much
smaller number Of women than men are
convicted of crimes the conclusion Is
drawn that their criminal propensities
are weaker or are under better controi.
II is seldom taken into consideration tiiat
young girls are watched more careiuii!
than boys and are kept under greater re-
straint Neither Is ii taken into the ac.
count that older females spend almost All
their time at home while males ~ their
own age are Oil the street or mlngliiig
with persons whose habits are not the
best. Many of the temptations 10 crime
come from business complications. III
which women have no share. As women
spend most of their time al home win
their children and female companions they
ore less likely to be tempted to do acts 81
violence. Most EomiciJes are the results
of anger melted when persons are away
from their homes and families. Violent
ouarrels generally take place iii the street
and not in the sitting room.
The history OF crime however. shows
that most of the murders committed by
the administration OF poison are perpe.
trated By women They show careful
preparation and great deliberation. In
almost every instance treachery - EN-
ployed. The victim is generally invited
10 partake Of refreshments supplied by
one who is presumed - be Il friend ana
does so without the slightest suspicion.
Murder by the administration OF poison II
the darkest OF all crimes, bit II Is Tho
one to which women have been addicted
more generally than IN I'm IN all ages aud
countries.
Statistics in re.tioI to crime have
never been CAREFUL compl cd III thlS
country. and till recently little attention
has been given TO classifying them. III
Great Britain. however, the matter has
received more careful consideration. In
an extended review Of criminal matters
there during period Of fifty years the
singular fact has been ascortalned that
men generally commit their crimes before
they are forty years old, while women
commit theirs after that period in their
lives. In other words, men generally
cease to commit crimes at the age when
women commence.
Wo4iEa CRIMINALS iNcrEABLE.
Another very remarkable fact Ia, re-
Gently been contributed 10 London pa
per by the chaplain II 'lerkenwell jail III
is 10 the effect that wOmel CRIMINALS are
practically incurable3 lie has prepared
a table extending through ten years and
showing how many men aud women have
been convicted Of ofTenscs moro than ten
times duriug thAt period During last
wear there were committed to the various
prisons and iails in England and Wales
| ). 6S3 men and 0, ,0i women who Lad been
committed not less than ten times pre-
viously Such IL the case al time when
crime Is rapidly decreasing, when the
number known as criminals Is constantl,
| diminishing and when there are O,UVO
| fewer inmates Of prisons than there were
| ia 1886
4 partial explanation OF this strange
| state Of things may be found III the Iact
| that women are more thoIoughgOlny III
| all things-good bad OF Mathematician
men are The - nothing by halves. lie
| the matter the construction Of q short
cake, the making Of Il crazy quilt or the
poisoning Of rival. she dcvotes all her
| time, knowledge and talents to it.
Doubtlessly Il woman finds more diff
| Guilty in reforming. IL she desires 10 10
| 50. than man does The latter can go
| to Il strange or distant place, raise whi5-
| kers or shave of those he had. assume
| different name and commence a new life.
Ii lac is skilled in any branch OF work he
can generally find remuneratiye employ.
ment A strange woman is always looked
upon with suspicion, as it is presumed
that she would prefer 10 live in the town
where she was brought up and where her
old acquaintance are. A man gets credit
for his enterprise if he goes to new
country and engages in business for him
| self Such is not the case with women.-
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