war's effect upon education and i,iteeature 



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CEIME AS AFFECTED BY WAE 



CHIME IN PEESENT WAE 



The United KÍEgdom is one of the fe^Y countries, in which for many 

 years there has been a decrease in crime. Table 14: shows that during 

 the present war, up to the end of 1915, that it is only in the case of 

 most serions crimes, under the jnrisdiction of the courts of Assizes 

 and Quarter Sessions ', that the decrease of crime is well marked in 

 1915, war time. In less serious crimes under Courts of summary ju- 

 risdiction, or under head of non-indictable oflfences, the decrease in 

 1915, is often not as great, or very little greater than in peace years 

 1913 and 1914. 



TABLE 14. — Crime in present war 



Courts 



England and Wales : 

 Assizes and Quarter Sessions .... 

 Summary jurisdiction : indiccable 



otfences 



Non-indictable oífences 



Scotland : 



Assizes and Quarter Sessions 



Summary jurisdiction : indictable 



offences 



Non-indictable offences 



Ireland : 



Assizes and Quarter Sessions 



Summary jurisdiction : indictable 



offences 



Non-indictable offences 



9.277 



24.949 

 491.760 



1.012 



17.046 

 102.119 



1.410 



1.977 

 136.823 



5.088 



24.8.56 

 423.397 



822 



16.166 

 76.316 



1.084 



1.779 

 127.020 



Percent of increase (-(-) 

 or decrease ( — ) of con- 

 victed 



1913 1914 1915 



— 7 



- 7 

 -15 



-11 



+ 



-11 



- 8 



— 13 



— 7 

 —13 



— 4 



— 3 



— 4 



— 9 



—45 



—37 

 —13 



—18 



— 5 

 —25 



—23 



—10 



- 7 



Statistical Absiract for the United Eingdom 1901-1915, London, 1917, 



