In the introduction to his work, “Untersuchungen über die Bewegung der Criminalität in ihrem Zusammenhang mit dem wirtschaftlichen Verhältnissen”, Dr. Müller describes the result of his researches as follows: “In the course of our discussion it will appear that with time the state of industry, the greater or less chance to get work, the activity or depression of the general economic life, have gradually become of far more significance for the increase or decrease of crime, than a rise or fall in the price of provisions, and that at present these factors have reduced the economic meaning of the price of provisions to a minimum.” [76] The period examined (1854–1895) is divided into two parts, because the criminal statistics of the empire, which are to be had from 1882 on, give the number of crimes and criminals, while the Prussian statistics give the number of new cases brought before the examining magistrate. The figures for these years are as follows: Prussia, 1854–1878. New Cases to 100,000 of the Population. ======+=================+================+================== | | |Against the State, Years.|Against Property.|Against Persons.|Public Order, and | | | Religion. ------+-----------------+----------------+------------------ 1854 | 416 | 78 | -- 1855 | 436 | 78 | 41 1856 | 472 | 81 | 47 1857 | 324 | 95 | 55 1858 | 288 | 103 | 54 1859 | 295 | 103 | 51 1860 | 310 | 102 | 56 1861 | 314 | 93 | 52 1862 | 313 | 105 | 54 1863 | 288 | 111 | 53 1864 | 290 | 115 | 56 1865 | 325 | 121 | 58 1866 | 314 | 109 | 55 1867 | 360 | 112 | 51 1868 | 392 | 117 | 52 1869 | 338 | 126 | 53 1870 | 296 | 99 | 46 1871 | 254 | 75 | 41 1872 | 281 | 94 | 56 1873 | 266 | 106 | 64 1874 | 295 | 125 | 81 1875 | 284 | 135 | 84 1876 | 315 | 142 | 89 1877 | 341 | 160 | 87 1878 | 370 | 164 | 103 ======+=================+================+=================== Prussia, 1882–1895. Persons Convicted to 100,000 Inhabitants over 12 Years.