The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-19
GEOGRAPHY OF CRIME
Murder . Product OF Lack OF Civ.
ilixation.


4 Murder. geographically considered
Is the product Of lack of civilization.
writes Prof Octtinger in his Moral
Statistics" Whenever a state Of gov-
ernment Is in state of discrganizatiop
the people become demoralized. educa-
tional and religious progress Is at
aandstill. ard murder is bound 10 IL
crease II is essential to lay great
stress on the religious feeling OF
community. because comparatively few
murders occur in Turkey. n country
deranged and unsettled Ia It's af.
fairs. wherein . large proportion
OF the people are lacking in civiiiza-
tion and culture. Bat the Islam faith
is productive of . certain religious
sentiment in these anedrcated masses
which prevents murder, the greatest
crime against human and divine laws
Compared with Turkey, Greece. onc.
the seat OF civilization, but now de
uoralixed and degraded by Turkish in
tluence, without the prohibitive power
ofthe Mohammedau rcligi p.manifesss
the truth of this assertion By rolling up,
in population of less than e.oo0. COO
people, SIG murders. aud 473 felonious
assaults, an average OF one killed or
manned for every 2.soo souls. This
number overshadows demoralixed Ire
land. where for n number Of wears the
most terrible agrarian crimes, mur~
ders, arson. etc, have been committed.
the outcome Of the atrocious feeling
between landowners and the peas
antry.
Another country with 3 large per
centage is Spain, and an increase In
bloodshed goes hand in hand with. its
gradual decline. A glance at the Grim
inal statistics of the United States
demonstrates that murder reaches It's
highest percentage among the unedu-
Gated class. who can neither write nor
read. III the state OF Texas. for ex-'
ample, one murder occurs To every
eight thousand five hundred inhabiz
tants. In Illinois this percentage il
considerably lowered. one murder be-
ing quoted FOR every fifty thousand
Germany of late years shows an in.
crease of murder cases and assaults,
born out of socialistic tendencies Tho
murder percentage of Great Britain IL
comparatively small. with the exeep-
tion of London and Ireland, and per-
sonal safety in England and Scotland
is commended on all sides. Even few
thefts are committed IN the level pors
tions. France, Sweden, Denmark, Bel
gium. Holland and Switzerland record
murder statistics similar To those of Ger
many. No substantial data can be
obtained about Russia. but the strik-
ing increase in political murders. sig
nalixed by the nibilistic and socialisiic
era, needs no comment No state In
the world rolls up more revolutionary
attacks and crimes at the present tiIns
than Russia. During the year lsss-s5.
the last authentic report that could bs
obtained. three thousand persoEs were
deported 10 Siberia for life.
As with suicide aud murder. IL IA with
heftgeographically speaking Lack Of
culture and civilization Is Synonymous
with increased theft and dishonesty.
not so much on account OF the immoral
and depraved condition Of the people as
because Of lack of protection. Theft in
Sweden and Norway. in Denmark and
the extreme north is exceedingly rare
The oriental and southeastern states
show an alarming amount Of theft. and
next TO America Turkey. Russia. the
Balkan states and Hungary contain.
the most crooks.
fraudin all itSvsrious denominations.
ranging from high-grade swindle in
its manifold phases down 20 small
shady transactions which hover be-
tween dishonest practices and teohni-
cal evasions Of the law, has It's home
principally ia the large cities OF .hs
wcrli London is n perfect mecca for
swindlers. while throughout England,
with the exception Of London. bu.i-,
ness dealings are characterized byi
sound principles OF honesty Compar-l
atiTsly little fraud is praeticcd In ths,
northern and western states. az Swe-I
den. Norway. Denmark and Finland
Holland. Belgium. France and Swi;xer-
land rank favorably IL ;h!. respect IN
Germany a striking decline Is noticea~
BILE IN frauduien, transactions The
same condit.ons--iack Of civilization
and education-which prevail with
other crimes pertain 20 fraud SPAIN,
italy. Greece, Turkey. and. ADORE all.
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