Causes of crime among women—Reasons for moral leprosy—The Cadet system—How carried on—Examples—The celestials of Chinatown—Women of the Tombs—Mother Mandelbaum—Queen Bertha—A belle from old Kentucky—Others—The modern shoplifter—Examples. CHAPTER XVII. THE STEAL OR STARVE UNFORTUNATES Page 151 A great omission—Poverty and social conditions the cause of crime—The unemployed—Hungry children—Poverty homes and crime—What ex-convicts say—Hungry men commit crime to be sent to prison—Want food. CHAPTER XVIII. HOW YOUNG MEN BREAK INTO PRISON Page 157 Startling facts—Save young men—The way of the transgressor—How young men go down—Example—Percentage of young men—Opinion of Supt. Brockway—Generators of crime—Fast living—Examples—Bad associates—Need of agencies. CHAPTER XIX OUR POLICE GUARDIANS Page 164 Prevention better than cure—An experienced Superintendent—Politics the curse of the Department—The Lexow investigations—The single-headed Commissioner—Present standing of the Police—The work of a policeman—The cost of the police for 1909—General Bingham. CHAPTER XX. THE DETECTIVE BUREAU Page 171 The Detective Bureau—Early heads—Modern methods—Crime as a science—The Dewey parade—Detectives in disguise—Old world methods—Scotland Yard and French methods—The work of the stool pigeon—Examples. CHAPTER XXI. THE ROGUES’ GALLERY AND THE THIRD DEGREE Page 179 The Gallery—Measurement of crooks—Clippings—Up to date records—Arrests last year—Curiosities of crime—Mugging crooks—The third degree, what is it—Inspector Byrnes and Jake Sharp—The third degree in Germany. CHAPTER XXII THE CITY GANGS Page 185 City gangs for sixty years—Political clans—The Bloody Sixth—The Whyo Gang—How they lived—Relation to crime—Paul Kelly and Monk Eastman Gangs—Their East Side pull. CHAPTER XXIII. CRIMINAL TRIALS AND THE GLORIOUS Page 190 UNCERTAINTY OF THE LAW