Netherlands, 1896–1900.[179]
| Years. | Number Sentenced. | |||
| Men. | Women. | |||
| Number. | % | Number. | % | |
| 1896 | 13,964 | 89.6 | 1,625 | 10.4 |
| 1897 | 14,483 | 90.0 | 1,613 | 10.0 |
| 1898 | 14,018 | 89.5 | 1,646 | 10.5 |
| 1899 | 13,928 | 90.5 | 1,463 | 9.5 |
| 1900 | 13,234 | 91.3 | 1,254 | 8.7 |
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Women participate in the different crimes in the following proportions:
Netherlands, 1901.[180]
| Crimes. | To 100 Sentenced there were: | |
| Men. | Women. | |
| Debauch of a minor (as principal or accessory) | 6.2 | 93.8 |
| Simple insults | 64.9 | 35.1 |
| Simple theft | 79.0 | 21.0 |
| Fraud | 80.0 | 20.0 |
| Offenses against public decency | 81.8 | 18.2 |
| Homicide | 89.5 | 10.5 |
| Aggravated theft | 90.5 | 9.5 |
| Embezzlement | 91.1 | 8.9 |
| Receiving stolen goods | 91.8 | 8.2 |
| Forgery | 92.1 | 7.9 |
| Assault | 93.5 | 6.5 |
| Serious assault | 94.7 | 5.3 |
| Malicious mischief | 95.5 | 4.5 |
| Mendicity and vagrancy | 96.5 | 3.5 |
| Assaults upon officials | 97.3 | 2.7 |
| Domiciliary trespass | 98.1 | 1.9 |
| Rebellion | 98.7 | 1.3 |
The whole population being divided in 1901 into 50.5% women and 49.5% men, the figures given above make the criminality of woman appear a little greater than it really is.
Here, then, are the facts, which may be reduced to this, that in all the countries named the criminality of women is much less than that of men. However, it is greater than we should suppose from the figures, since almost all the figures (except those for France) have to do with persons convicted, and acquittal is much more common in the case of women than in that of men. We have already given the figures for Germany in regard to this matter. In England the percentage of convictions is 82% for men and 79% for women.[181] [[472]]
In France the differences are still greater: