﻿Edmondson : Juvenile Delinquency and Adult Crime 83 



C. Cosmic Considerations 



9. Seasonal Crime 33 



The only cosmic consideration for which practicable infor- 

 mation can be had for this study is seasonal crime. An exami- 

 nation of the cases arranged according; to months of the year and 

 offenses shows that the greatest number of cases of all races or 

 nationalities and of both sexes are in the spring months followed 

 in order by summer, autimn, and winter. This conclusion that 

 the greatest number of offenses are in the warm months and the 

 fewest in the cold months is consistent with the results of investi- 

 gations of crime elsewhere. 34 



i, *. D. Social Considerations 



* 10. BlRTHFLACE 35 



Since Gary was incorporated only in 1906 it is clear that its 

 population over 8 years of age must have been born elsewhere. 36 



Arranging the cases according to birthplace in the United 

 States and abroad by race or nationality groups, as would be 

 supposed, the Americans and Colored show very small proportions 

 born abroad, the Americans 1.41 per cent and the Colored 0.03 

 per cent. Of the Old and New Immigration, the Old Immigration 

 shows 30.6 per cent born abroad and the New Immigration 

 65 . 3 per cent. 



Arranging these cases according to sex, a significant fact is 

 the unusually high proportion of females of the Old Immigration 

 born in the United States as compared to the males in the same 

 race or nationality group. 



Of the total number of cases in this study the per cent of 

 those born in the United States is about half that of those born 

 abroad. This unusually high proportion of foreign born offenders 

 in Gary is due partly to the high proportion of foreign born in the 

 general population of Gary, and partly to the fact that cases in 

 this study are those of minor offenses in which the proportion of 

 foreign born is in general high. 37 



Of the foreign born, in some cases the information is given as 

 to specific country or province of birth, in others merely "the 



33 Original tables, pp. 126-130. See Preface to this study. 



3'Lemngwell, p. 132; Lombroso (Crime, Its Causes and Remedies), p. 2; Morri- 

 son (Crime and Its Causes), pp. 61, 66, 68. 



^Original tablao, pp. 131-144. See Preface to this study. 

 3i! This study is based on material gathered in 1914. 

 37 Healey, p. 150; Boies, p. 68; Koren, pp. 18-40. 



