Here are other salient facts; that the number of young criminals increases, and that the city produces more criminals than the country, although the sexual morality especially is far from ideal in the country. Finally in speaking of the influence of profession, Fuld mentions that the increase in the number of criminals which accompanies a rise in prices is greater for the first offenders than for recidivists. The following table which he gives to prove this point, however, plainly fails to do so: England. ========+===================+===============+================== Years. | Good Character | Character | Price of Wheat. | Hitherto. | Unknown. | --------+-------------------+---------------+------------------ | | | Sh. d. 1858 | 153,576 | 138,388 | 43 11 1859 | 153,369 | 150,084 | 43 8 1860 | 137,574 | 144,485 | 52 9 1864 | 167,038 | 165,808 | 40 2 ========+===================+===============+================== The author explains that the crimes against property are one of the consequences of the struggle for existence, a fact which accounts in part for the high figures for criminality in the great cities, where competition is most intense. The author treats of theft, and begins by saying that the connection between the price of provisions and theft is very close. France. =========+===========+==================== Years. | Thefts. | Price of Cereals. ---------+-----------+-------------------- | | fr. 1856 | 18,222 | 16.75 1857 | 17,218 | ,, 1858 | 15,537 | ,, 1859 | 14,755 | ,, 1860 | 15,707 | 20.24 =========+===========+==================== During the following years the prices fell. Nevertheless the number of thefts increased. According to Fuld we can draw the conclusion that the influence of price is only relative!—This table proves little. For, while in 1856 criminality attained its highest point, prices were lower than in 1860; and, while the figures for theft diminished greatly, prices remained constant.— England.