Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 55, No. 343, May 1844 - Various

[8] We except the police of London, which is admirable, and also that of Liverpool, Glasgow, Manchester, and Edinburgh; where, though there is great room for improvement, much has been done in this way to repress crime.

[9] Table showing the instruction of criminals over the British Empire in 1841.

Neither read nor write.	Imperfectly.	Well.	Superior.	Educated.	Uneducated.
				Total.
England...9220	13,732	2,253	126	18,171	9,220
Scotland...696	2,248	554	42	2,834	696
Ireland...7152 —— 17,068	3,084 —— 19,064	5,631 —— 8,438	0 —— 168	8,733 —— 29,738	7,152 —— 17,068

—Porter's Progress of the Nation, iii. 201, 214, 215, 232.

[10] Table showing the centesimal proportion of crime in relation to education in the under-mentioned years.

	Unable to read or write.	Imperfectly.	Well.	Superior.	Not ascertained.	Total.
1836	33.52	52.53	10.36	0.91	2.68	100
1837	35.85	52.08	9.45	0.43	2.18	100
1838	34.42	53.41	9.77	0.34	2.08	100
1839	33.53	53.48	10.07	0.32	2.60	100
1840	33.32	55.57	8.29	0.37	2.45	100
1841	33.21	56.67	7.10	0.43	2.27	100
1842	32.33	58.52	6.77	0.22	2.34	100

[11] See Guerry's Stat. Tables of France.

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	Uneducated.	Imperfectly educated.	Good do.	Superior do.	Total educated.
1828	4,116	1,858	780	118	2,756
1831	4,600	2,047	767	190	3,004
1834	4,080	2,061	608	203	2,872

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