﻿Edmoxdsox : Juvenile Delinquency axd Adult Crime 81 



illiteracy which indicate that the chief fact so far as crime is 

 concerned is not illiteracy itself, but other facts lying back of 

 illiteracy. 



8. Height axd Weight 27 



In the materials for this study the only information given as 

 to physical measurements is that of height and weight of offenders. 

 A careful examination was made of the heights and weights of 

 the cases given here. 



In considering height, the cases of the males 21 years of age 

 and over were arranged according to race and nationality units 

 and inches in height. A comparison was made of the average 

 height for each race or nationality unit represented in this study 

 to measurements for the same race or nationality unit as given 

 by the anthropologists, Deniker, Topinard, Haddon, and Keane. 

 A comparison was made of the average height of all the cases 

 of all races or nationalities in this study to the average height 

 of man as given by Deniker, Topinard, Haddon, Keane, and 

 De Quatrefages. A comparison was made of the average height 

 of males under 21 years of age with the average height of man 

 as given by Deniker and Topinard. The cases of females 21 

 years of age and over were arranged according to race and nation- 

 ality units and inches in height. The average heights of these 

 race or nationality units was compared to the average heights 

 of the corresponding races or nationalities as given by Deniker, 

 Keane, Haddon, and Topinard. 23 



Weight varies normally according to height and age. In consid- 

 ering weight, the cases in this study, the cases of males 21 years 

 of age or over, were arranged according to the average weight in 

 pounds for all heights of males for each race or nationality unit, 

 and also according to the average weight in pounds for age and 

 height classes and single race or nation? lity unit. The average 

 weights according to height and age of race or nationality units 

 was compared to the corresponding height and age classes as 

 given in a table of 74,162 accepted applicants for life insurance 

 reported to the Association of Life Insurance Medical Directors. 

 These average weights were also compared to average weights 

 for certain race or nationality units regardless of age and height 



"Original tables, pp. 107-125. See Preface to this study. 



28 Topinard (Anthropologic Generale) , pp. 427—443: (L'anthropologie) . pp. 353- 

 358; (Anthropology), p. 320: Deniker, pp. 30, 577-584 : Haddon (The Races of Man) , 

 pr>. 3, 18. 43, 44, 45, 46; Keane (Ethnologv), pp. 188. 189: De Quatrefages, pp. 353. 

 354. 



