France.
At the penitentiary Congress in Brussels (1900), M. V. Marambat, well known for his studies on the relation between criminality and alcoholism, gave the following figures:[285] [[511]]
| Crimes and Misdemeanors. | Number of Convicts. | Number of Drunkards. | % |
| Murder, assault, and other crimes of violence | 787 | 649 | 82.4 |
| Malicious mischief, etc. | 433 | 344 | 79.4 |
| Theft and other economic offenses | 3,359 | 2,156 | 64.2 |
| Arson | 42 | 26 | 61.9 |
| Rape and other sexual offenses | 683 | 352 | 51.5 |
| Other offenses | 18 | 9 | 50.0 |
| Total | 5,322 | 3,536 | 66.4 |
At the same congress Dr. Malgat reported the following results of an investigation made by him in the prison at Nice:[286]
| Offenses. | Entered. | Drinkers. | % |
| Insults and violence to public officers | 138 | 91 | 65.9 |
| Theft | 579 | 357 | 61.6 |
| Obtaining money under false pretenses | 56 | 34 | 60.7 |
| Assaults | 275 | 160 | 58.1 |
| Vagrancy | 346 | 196 | 56.6 |
| Indecent assault | 52 | 29 | 55.7 |
| Homicide | 33 | 18 | 54.5 |
| Expelled offenders | 175 | 95 | 54.2 |
| Breach of trust | 63 | 33 | 52.3 |
| Other offenses | 133 | 80 | 60.1 |
| Total | 1,850 | 1,093 | 56.3 |
Germany.
An inquiry made by Dr. A. Baer with regard to the inmates of the German prisons, in the period after 1870, gives the following results:[287]
| Number of Prisoners. | Number of Drinkers. | ||||||
| In General. | Occasional. | Habitual. | |||||
| Absolute. | % | Absolute. | % | Absolute. | % | ||
| Men | 30,041 | 13,199 | 43.9 | 7,071 | 23.5 | 6,128 | 20.4 |
| Women | 2,796 | 507 | 18.1 | 198 | 7.1 | 309 | 11.0 |
| Total | 32,837 | 13,706 | 41.7 | 7,269 | 22.1 | 6,437 | 19.6 |
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For the different crimes and misdemeanors the figures are as follows:[288]