Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1888-08-25
SEX AND CRIME.
MEN ARE MORE PROMINENT, cMx-
lNAllY, THAN WOMEN

Reasons to BE Taken into Consideraffon.
Tho History OF Crime and What II
Demonstrates A Remarkable Fact
Observation-Disclosures
From the circumstance that q much
smaller number Of women than men are
convicted OF crimes the conclusion Is
drawn that their criminal propensities
are weaker or ara under better control.
IL Is seldom taken into consideration that
young girls sre watched more carefully
than boys and are kept under greater re-
straint. Neither Is il taken iuto the &C
count that older females spend aI,nos. all
their time At homo while males of their
own age are On the street or rainSiinr
with persons whose habits arc not the
best Many OF the ten ptstiors to crime
corie from business complications. In
which women have no share. As women
spend most of their time at home with
their children and female companions they
are less likely 10 be tempted 20 Go acts of
violence. Most holaicides are the results
of anger melted when persons are away
frora their homes and families. Violent
quarrels generally take plscc in 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 dclibcratien In
almost every instance treachery is EN-
pioyed- The victim is generally invited
10 partake of refreshments supplied BY
one who is presumed 10 be a friend, and
does so without the slightest suspicion.
Murder by the administration of poison is
the darkest of ell crimes. but IL is tho
one to which women have been addicted
moro generally than mcu in all ages and
countries
Statistics in relation to crime have
never been carefully compiled in this
country, and TIL recently little attention
has been given 10 classifying them. In
Great Britain. however. the matter has
received moro careful consideration. In
an extended review of crimina, matters
there during period of fifty years The
singular fact has been ascer.ained tina.
men generally commit their crimes before
they are forty years old, while women
commit theirs after that period in their
lives. In other words uien generally
cease to commit crimes At the age when
women commence.
WOMEN CRIMINALS IScrRABLE
Another very remarkable fact has re-
Gently been contributed 70 "A London pa
per by the chaplain of Clerkenwell Jail. II
Is to the effect that women criminals are
practically incurables. He has prepared
u table extending through ten years and
showing how many men and women have
been convicted of offeuSes more than ten
times during that period. During last
year there were committed TO the various
prisons and jails IL England and Wales
1855 men and ., 764 women who had been
committed not less than ten times pre-
viously. Such is tho Case ut a time when
crime is rapidly decreasing, when the
number known as criminals is constantly
diminishing and when there are 5000
fewer inmates of prisons than there were
in 1886.
A partial explanation OF this strange
state of things may be found in the fact
that women are more acknowledging IN
all things-good. bad or Mathematician
men are. They do nothing by halves Be
the matter the construction Of a short
cake. the making OF n crazy quilt or the
poisoning of rival. sho dcyotes all her
time, knowledge and talents 10 it.
Doubtlessly a woman finds more df.-
Guilty in reforming if she desires TO do
80. than man does. The l,ltter can 80
to strange or distant place. raise wills
kers or shave off those he had assume u
different name and commence a new life
IL lie is skilled in any branch Of work he
can generally find rernunerative employ
ment A strange woman is always looked
upon with suspicion as it L. presumed
that she would prefer to live in the town
where she was brought mp and where her
old acquaintance are. A man gets credit
for his enterprise IL he goes to a new
and engages in business for him.
self Such is not the case with women
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