5. D. M., a Greek, age 16; letter sorter; five years for stealing parcels. His father had been in penal servitude for stealing bonds. 6. H. S., letter-sorter, age 21. Five years for stealing a letter. PLATE VI. 1. V. S., age 17; rape on girl of 13; “very low type.” 2. W. W., age 45; coal miner and stoker, from Stafford; rape on child of 10. “Strong, villainous expression.” 3. H. O., groom and jockey, from Leeds, age 57. Bestiality; fifteen years’ penal servitude; conspiracy by servant girl, he says. Threatened to destroy himself. “Eyes very close to the nose; small head; low type.” 4. W. M., age 32, from Manchester; nine years a soldier, farm labourer before and since; ten years for crime _contra naturam_. 5. T. R., age 16; farm labourer, from Worcester; ten years for rape; “monkey face.” 6. W. B., age 23, from Manchester; height 5ft. 0½ in.; seven years for arson; intellect feeble. PLATE VII. _Relation of the age of Fathers in normal subjects, criminals, and the insane (adapted from Marro)._ +-------------------------------------------------------------- | |Normal.|Criminals.|Murderers.| Sexual | | | | | |Offenders.| |--------------------|-------|----------|----------|----------| | | per | per | per | per | | | cent. | cent. | cent. | cent. | |Period of immaturity| 8.8 | 10.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | | " maturity | 66.1 | 56.7 | 44.1 | 66.6 | | " decadence | 24.9 | 32.2 | 52.9 | 30.5 | +-------------------------------------------------------------- +-----------------------------------------------+ | |Thieves.|Sharpers.|Insane.| | | | | | |--------------------|--------|---------|-------| | | per | per | per | | | cent. | cent. | cent. | |Period of immaturity| 15.5 | 2.8 | 17.0 | | " maturity | 57.2 | 60.0 | 47.0 | | " decadence | 27.1 | 37.1 | 36.0 | +-----------------------------------------------+ PLATE VIII. Tattooed criminal from Lombroso’s _Uomo Delinquente_. A French sailor, a deserter, previously condemned for an unknown crime. The various inscriptions and designs bear witness to his vicious and criminal tastes. The heart’s case, for instance, is common among pæderasts. PLATE IX. The eight heads in this and the following Plate have been chosen, intentionally, almost at random, in order to show the average types of criminal with whom the London police at Scotland Yard have to deal. 1. F. C., age 61. A well-known London burglar; tattooed. 2. C. D., age 31. Housebreaker. “A dangerous character.” Many scars on head, body, and limbs. 3. H. A. G., age 36. “A very clever swindler,” “of gentlemanly appearance, and good address.” Speaks French and German.