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Specific kinds of offenses represented in this study are assault 

 and battery with intent to kill, felonious assault and battery, 

 robbery, petty larceny, grand larceny, burglary, forgery, false 

 pretense, embezzlement, sodomy, and bigamy. Arranging the 

 cases according to classification of offenses and race or nationality 

 group, of offenses against the person the Colored show the highest 

 relative proportions followed in order by the Old Immigration, 

 the Americans, and the New Immigration. Of offenses against 

 property, the New Immigration shows the highest relative pro- 

 portions, followed in order by the Old Immigration, the Americans, 

 and the Colored. Two-thirds of all the cases are offenses against 

 property and only one-fourth against the person. Offenses 

 against society are very few in number. 



Arranging: the cases according to age groups, the greatest 

 number of cases of all races or nationalities appear in the age 

 group 20 to 29 years. 



Only one case of a female appears in this study, one Colored 

 woman for assault and battery. 



