The final conclusion of Fuld upon crimes against property is: “The influence of the price of provisions upon these offenses is quite important.” Although not giving my opinion upon the correctness of this judgment at this time, I may say that the statistics furnished by Fuld give almost no proof of it. The following part treats of crimes against life. It is evident that we are not concerned with crimes of passion. The only ones that enter into consideration are those that have an economic object. But since criminal statistics do not make this distinction, the results of the author’s investigation can be but small. He is indeed convinced that the influence of the price of provisions is very perceptible, but he does not prove it. The same may be said with regard to sexual crimes. XI. B. WEISZ. [61] “The wants that man must satisfy are numerous, but there is none which makes itself felt so much as hunger. If he cannot satisfy his wants in a lawful fashion, necessity drives him to other means.” To prove what he says Dr. Weisz produces the following table: France. =======+=====================+================ Years. |Accusations of Crime.| Price of Wheat. -------+---------------------+---------------- 1845 | 5054 | 19.75 1846 | 5077 | 24.05 1847 | 5857 | 29.01 1848 | 4632 | 16.65 1849 | 4910 | 15.37 1850 | 5320 | 14.32 1851 | 5287 | 14.48 1852 | 5340 | 17.23 1853 | 5440 | 22.39 1854 | 5525 | 28.82 1855 | 4798 | 29.32 1856 | 4535 | 30.75 1857 | 4399 | 24.37 1858 | 4302 | 16.75 1859 | 3918 | 16.74 1860 | 3621 | 20.24 1861 | 3842 | 24.55 1862 | 3906 | 23.24 1863 | 3614 | 19.78 1864 | 3447 | 17.58 =======+=====================+================ With but seven exceptions criminality here follows prices. When the figures for crimes against property are substituted for those for general criminality in the table, the agreement becomes greater: