Crimes and Misdemeanors.Number of Prisoners
(Men).
Drinkers.Among the Drinkers there were:
Occasional.Habitual.
Absolute Number. %Absolute Number. %Absolute Number. %
A. Houses of Correction.
Assaults 773 575 74.5 418 72.7 157 27.3
Robbery, etc. 898 618 68.8 353 57.1 265 42.9
Homicide 348 220 63.2 129 58.6 91 41.4
Rape, etc. 954 575 60.2 352 61.2 223 38.8
Theft 10,033 5,212 51.9 2,513 48.2 2,699 51.8
Attempted homicide 252 128 50.8 78 60.9 50 39.1
Arson 804 383 47.6 184 48.0 199 52.0
Murder 514 237 46.1 139 58.6 98 41.4
Various crimes 1,689 712 42.2 358 50.2 354 49.8
Perjury 590 157 26.6 82 52.2 75 47.8
B. Houses of Detention.
Offenses against morals 200 154 77.0 113 73.3 41 26.7
Rebellion 652 489 76.5 445 89.0 54 11.0
Assaults 1,130 716 63.4 581 81.1 135 18.9
Robbery 48 28 58.3 16 57.0 12 43.0
Domiciliary trespass 411 223 54.2 210 94.2 13 5.8
Disturbance of public peace 34 18 52.9 12 66.6 6 33.3
Various misdemeanors 826 433 52.4 306 70.7 127 29.3
Arson 23 11 48.0 5 45.4 6 54.6
Theft 3,282 1,048 32.0 666 63.5 382 36.5
Obtaining money under false pretenses, forgery, embez. 786 194 24.7 111 57.2 83 42.8

Out of a total of 359 vagabonds and mendicants Dr. Bonhoeffer found 281 (78.2 %) alcoholics.[289] [[513]]

Italy.

Out of a total of 507 criminals examined by him Dr. Marro found 379 (74.7%) addicted to excess in alcohol, and only eight (1.5%) abstainers or “unknown.”[290]

Netherlands, 1900–1901.

It was only in 1900 that the criminal statistics mentioned for the first time the number of habitual drunkards among the convicts. Here are the results:

Crimes and Misdemeanors. Percentage of Habitual Drunkards in Each Category.
Obtaining money under false pretenses 16
Crimes against the public authority 13
Mendicity and vagabondage 10
Crimes of violence 10
Crimes against morals 10
All crimes 8.31
Assault 7
Theft 7
Receiving stolen goods .5
Poaching 3

Among the recidivists the drunkards formed 11.6%.

The data for 1901 are more detailed and also more worthy of confidence.

Crimes and Misdemeanors. Percentage of Habitual Drunkards in Each Category.
Mendicity and vagabondage 26.51
Rebellion 21.16
Embezzlement 19.20
Obtaining money under false pretenses 18.26
Serious assaults 16.94
Malicious mischief 16.59
Insult to public official 16.10
Disturbing the public peace 14.33
Simple theft 11.61
Sexual offenses 10.84
Assaults 10.87
Insults 9.96
Aggravated theft 8.84
Poaching 1.46
All crimes 13.00