The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1936-03-25
Crime Rate in Marion County Among
Highest in State, |. u. Survey Shows

ItWcg Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March 25.
Marion County ranks high among
Indiana counties in numbers of
criminal cases filed in all courts per
10000 of population. 1t is one of
18 counties with rate ranging from
1914 to 1852 per 10000 of population
over the period, 1928-1933. This Is
the highest rate, while the lowest
is from 3o7 to $50 in 10 other coun-
ties.
These facts are brought out in
a statewide survey by the Indiana
University department of sociology
which is to be presented to the state
conference on criminal law admin
istration here March 81.
DR.. E. H. Sutherland head of the
department, end Myrtle c. Suther-
land, who conducted the study,
pointed out that traffic violations,
drunkenness, disorderly conduct and
other misdemeanors are included
in the survey and that this is largely
responsible for the high rate in con-
gested centers of population. The
I. u. research workers did not mini
mize, however, the dangers from
minor offenses, since they are often
stepping stones to more serious
crimes.
Shows Where Crime Thrives
Results of the survey showing
where crime thrives in Indiana and
the work of many other investiga-
tors in the fields of criminology
and sociology will come before the
conference here March 81. Peace
officers, representatives of the
courts administrators of penal in
situations, legislators and others in
terested in the problem of STEM
ming the tide of crime are to at
tend.
The conference is to bring here
such noted persons as Justin Mil
Ter, u. S. assistant attorney gen.
eral; Prof. w. E. Hooking, Harvard
University, and 0. w. Wilson, chief
of police, Wichita, Kas., national
ly known peace officer. State lead
ers also are to be on the program
The conference is under the aus
pieces of the Indiana Institute of
Criminal Law and Criminology, or
ganized about a year ago at In
diana University, with Dr. Suther-
land as president and Prof. j. j.
Robinson, OF the I. U. law faculty.
as director
Prof. Hooking to Lecture
Prof Hooking is to be here for
course of lectures March 20 to April
2 under the Mahlon Powell Founda-
ton established by the will of the
late Mahlon Powell of Wabash, Ind.
Counties in addition to Marion
with the heaviest percentage of
population and highest rate are as
follow:
Allen, Bartholomew Cass, Elkhart,
Fayette, Grant, Howard, Delaware,
Lake, La Porte, Lawrence, Porter,
st. Joseph, Vermillion, Vigo, VAN
derburg and Wayne.
Counties with rate of 1926 to 1913
per 10000 population include:
Blackford, Brown, Clark, Gibson,
Hancock, Henry, Jackson, Jefferson,
Johnson, Knox, Madison, Miami,
Monroe, Newton, Scott, Starke and
Tippecanoe
Rate in 699-tc 1874 Glass
Twenty counties have a rate of 500
to 824 per 10000, as follow:
Clay, Crawford, Floyd, Fountain,
Huntington. Jay, Kosciusko, Mar
shall, Morgan, Noble, Ohio, Orange,
Parke, Perry. Pulaski. Rush, Shelby,
Steuben, Sullivan and Warrick.
Counties with rate of $50 to 69o
are.
Boone, Clinton, Daviess, Dearborn,
Decatur, Fulton. Greene, Hendricks,
Jennings, LAGRANGE, Pike, Posey,
Putnam, Randolph, Warren, Wash
ington, White and Whitley.
The lowest rate, 357 to $50, is held
by the following:
Adams, Benton, Carroll, DeKalb,
Dubois, Franklin, Hamilton, Harri-
son, Jasper, Martin, Montgomery,
Ripley, Spencer, Switzerland, Tip
ton, Union, Wabash and Wells.