290 MARRIAGE AND DISEASE. 



suicide, criminality, and epileptic imbecility in his 

 children, and insanity in his grandchild. This genea- 

 logical tree is from the same source as the preceding : 



F. 



Insane. 



I should here remark that the prostitute ranks with 

 the petty criminal offender of the male sex. She 

 bears all the well-marked signs of degeneration found 

 in male thieves, swindlers, and vagabonds, and accounts 

 to a certain extent for the large excess of male over 

 female criminals. It is common to find in degenerate 

 families where the sons take to crime the daughters 

 take to prostitution. In the famous " Jukes family " 

 of criminals, for example, the percentage of prostitu- 

 tion among the marriageable women down to the 

 sixth generation was 52.40: the percentage of pros- 

 titution in the population generally has been esti- 

 mated at 1.66. 



The proportion of male to female criminals varies 

 considerably in different countries, but in all the 

 women are decidedly less criminal than the men. 

 Unfortunately in England there has been a marked 

 and steady increase in the proportion of female 

 criminals within recent years. How far this may be 



