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the same time and the men visiting the sime house at the same 

 time in some instances belong to the same race or nationality 

 and in some instances not. Men of one race or nationality in some 

 instances visit women of the same race or nationality and in 

 some instances not. 



From this number of cases in which information as to com- 

 plicity is given it cannot be said that the fact of difference of race 

 or nationality or likeness of race or nationality in itself shows any 

 special effect in either offenses in which the act involves opposition 

 between the persons engaged, or those in which the act involves 

 cooperation between the persons engaged. 



12. Geographical Distribution 39 



Those offenders giving homes elsewhere than Gary are con- 

 sidered nonresidents. This term here includes those having 

 legitimate business in Gary and working there every day, as 

 well as bona fide nonresidents. The residents of Gary, those 

 giving a Gary address as their home, are divided into five groups 

 according to the district of Gary in which they live; those living 

 on the North Side, those livi-ig on the South Side, those living in 

 Tolleston, those living in Gary with no street and number speci- 

 fied, and those living in other parts of Gary not included in the 

 first three districts. 40 



An examination of the cases arranged according to this classi- 

 fication and race or nationality group shows that the Americans 

 have the highest proportion of nonresidents, followed by the Old 

 Immigration, the New Immigration and the Colored having 

 very much smaller proportions. Of the total number of cases, 

 17.38 per cent are nonresidents of Gary. This comparatively 

 high proportion of nonresidents, however, is not so significant 

 a fact in crime in Gary because of the fact that this study includes 

 many individuals who have their homes in Chicago or other 

 nearby cities aod towns, coming in to Gary to work every day 

 on street cars and trains; persons who under other conditions 

 would have their residence in Gary. 



Of those offenders giving a street and number as their place of 

 residence in Gary, by far the greatest numbers live in the North 

 Side and South Side districts. Of the single race or nationality 

 units of the Old Immigration, the Germans alone show higher 

 proportions living on the South Side, due to the number of pros- 



39 0riginal tables, pp. 151-155. See Preface to this study. 

 "See Introduction, Gary and its Population, p. 7. 



