=============+=================+================================ | Persons to Each | Crimes to 100,000 Inhabitants. | Savings-bank +---------------+---------------- | Book. | Homicide. | Theft. -------------+-----------------+---------------+---------------- Switzerland | 4.5 | 16 | 114 Denmark | 5 | 13 | 114 Sweden | 7 | 13 | -- England | 10 | 5.6 | 163 Prussia | 10 | 5.7 | 246 France | 12 | 18 | 103 Austria | 14 | 25 | 103 Italy | 25 | 96 | 150 =============+=================+===============+================ These figures show how homicides move in inverse ratio to the number of savings-bank books, while the contrary is the case with thefts. The author forgets to point out that there are five exceptions to this rule. In Italy the greatest number of accounts corresponds to the smallest number of homicides, as the following table shows: ======================================================================= Average Number of Crimes in 20 Provinces in which the Wealth (According to the Number of Savings-Bank Books) is: ---------------------+--------------+-------------------+-------------- | Maximum. | Intermediate. | Minimum. ---------------------+--------------+-------------------+-------------- Fraudulent crimes | 57 | 45 | 45 Sexual crimes | 11 | 12.6 | 20 Thefts | 132 | 133 | 160 Homicides | 10 | 12.6 | 27.4 =====================+==============+===================+============== There are several exceptions to this rule; for example, the richest, like Palermo, Rome, Naples, and Leghorn, give very high figures for homicides. According to Professor Lombroso the explanation in the case of Palermo and Naples is to be found in the geographical situation; in the case of Palermo, in race and the abuse of alcohol; and in the case of Rome, in race, the abuse of alcohol, and in the political situation. For France we get the following results: