Years.Number of Women to the 100 Persons Sentenced for:
Offenses tried on Indictment.Offenses tried Summarily.
1893 13.07 23.39
1894 12.95 23.50
1895 13.26 23.94
1896 11.75 23.58
1897 12.00 23.99
1898 11.82 23.66
1899 11.70 23.89
1900 11.51 24.67

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When we examine this table, as well as the one that follows, it must be noted that the women constitute more than half of the population (51.5% according to the census of 1901).[169]

The following table shows the relative proportion for the more important groups of offenses:

England and Wales, 1893–1894.[170]

Crimes.Number of Women to 100 Persons Sentenced.
1893.1894.
Abortion and failure to report birth 91 86
Kidnapping and cruelty to children 70 57
Counterfeiting, etc. 18 21
Malicious mischief 15 20
Crimes against property without violence 19 19
Other crimes 16 16
Crimes of violence against persons 11 13
Robbery and extortion 10 11
Forgery 9 8
Domiciliary trespass, etc. 3 4
Sexual crimes 4 3

These statistics show, then, that in England also the criminality of women is not as great as that of men. However there is great divergence in the crimes taken separately. [[467]]

Austria, 1899.[171]

Crimes.Of 100 Convicted of Each Crime there were:
Men.Women.
Abandonment of children 7.1 92.8
Abortion 10.7 89.2
Murder 69.6 30.3
Fraud 79.1 20.8
Theft 80.4 19.5
Defamation 80.9 19.0
Arson 85.2 14.7
Crimes in general 86.1 13.9
Rebellion 89.5 10.4
Leze-majesty 91.6 8.3
Criminal breach of trust 93.4 6.5
Crime against religion 94.8 5.1
Robbery 95.1 4.8
Serious assaults 95.8 4.1
Sexual crime 96.7 3.2
Malicious mischief 96.8 3.1
Homicide 97.3 2.6
Blackmail 97.4 2.5

In connection with this table we must note that, according to the census of 1890, 51.6% of the population over 14 are women.