It is only in some few crimes that women play a larger part than men (infanticide, abortion, concealment of parentage, offenses against chastity—including procuration); in all others they play a smaller part, and in some cases much smaller, than the men.
We turn now to Italy:
Italy, 1884–1895.[175]
| Years. | Number of Women Convicted. | |||||||
| Justices of the Peace. | Correctional Tribunals. | Assizes. | Total. | |||||
| Number. | % | Number. | % | Number. | % | Number. | % | |
| 1884 | 46,683 | 18.31 | — | — | 304 | 6.00 | — | — |
| 1885 | 48,063 | 17.58 | — | — | 304 | 5.91 | — | — |
| 1886 | 51,199 | 18.23 | — | — | 297 | 6.38 | — | — |
| 1887 | 45,598 | 17.58 | 4,690 | 9.30 | 265 | 5.11 | 50,553 | 16.05 |
| 1888 | 49,125 | 17.38 | 4,482 | 8.56 | 290 | 5.81 | 53,897 | 15.86 |
| 1889 | 53,690 | 18.38 | 4,910 | 9.08 | 272 | 5.68 | 58,872[176] | 16.78 |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 23,984 | 18.29 |
| 1891 | 26,182 | 18.23 | ||||||
| 1892 | 25,638 | 17.21 | ||||||
| 1893 | 22,959 | 16.21 | ||||||
| 1894 | 26,274 | 17.34 | ||||||
| 1895 | 28,502 | 16.96 | ||||||
The following table shows us to what extent the women are guilty of the different crimes:
Italy, 1891–1895.[177]
| Offenses. | To 100 Sentenced for Each Offense there were: | |
| Men. | Women. | |
| Infanticide | 7.70 | 92.30 |
| Procuration | 19.11 | 80.89 |
| Abortion | 21.65 | 78.35 |
| Defamation | 53.70 | 46.30 |
| Insults | 54.78 | 45.22 |
| Offenses against morals and order of the family | 58.27 | 41.73 |
| Abandonment of children, abuse of means of correction | 62.85 | 37.15[[470]] |
| Simple theft | 75.63 | 24.37 |
| Fraud in commerce and industry | 79.46 | 20.54 |
| Offenses in general | 82.81 | 17.19 |
| Minor assaults | 83.32 | 16.68 |
| Corruption of minors and offenses against decency | 84.80 | 15.20 |
| Fraud, etc. | 85.74 | 14.26 |
| Aggravated theft | 88.77 | 11.23 |
| Threats | 90.68 | 9.32 |
| Rebellion and insults to public officials | 90.95 | 9.05 |
| Forgery | 92.49 | 7.51 |
| Serious assaults | 93.61 | 6.39 |
| Murder | 93.91 | 6.09 |
| Counterfeit money | 95.02 | 4.98 |
| Homicide | 96.74 | 3.26 |
| Offenses against public order | 97.70 | 2.30 |
| Robbery, etc. | 97.77 | 2.23 |
| Rape, etc. | 99.04 | 0.96 |
According to the census of 1901 the population over 9 years old consisted of 49.4% men and 50.6% women.[178]
Finally some figures for the Netherlands: