DIAGRAM No. 6. (TUGAN-BARANOWSKY)

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XVI.

E. Tarnowsky.[45]

At the end of his study the author gives the following table, which contains some data upon the relation between the price of grain and abundance of the crops, on the one hand, and criminality on the other. The figures in the second column have to do with the different kinds of theft. The law of May 18th, 1882, having considerably modified the penal code, the figures for the years 1882 and 1883 cannot be compared with those of preceding years. This is why they have been suppressed.

Years. New Cases to
100,000 of the
Population. 		Price of a
“Pud” of Rye
in Kopecks. 		Ratio of Cereal
Crop to Average
of 25 Years (= 100).
1874 76 75 105
1875 77 73 90
1876 78 76 95
1877 86 80 103
1878 95 76 106
1879 90 86 93
1880 104 99 87
1881 103 129 105
average 1874–81 89 87 —
1884 45 90 108
1885 46 77 90
1886 44 74 100
1887 45 67 114
1888 43 65 108
1889 43 70 83
1890 46 68 97
1891 52 129 73
1892 52 89 87
1893 50 61 104
1894 50 50 121
average 1884–94 47 76 —

According to the author it may be doubted whether the years of poor harvests could cause an increase in the number of thefts in Russia. For the agricultural population is benefited by the high price of grain. [[74]]However, it is proved by the figures given above that these years have an unfavorable effect upon criminality, which can be understood if we take into account the fact that most of the Russian peasants only raise grain for their own consumption, and that bad crops accordingly affect them seriously.

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