FEMALE CRIMINALS WORSE THAN MALES

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1924, 21 August 1888, Page 3

FEMALE CRIMINALS WORSE THAN MALES

+ A remarkable statistical table relating to Incurable criminals was published on Jane 16 by the Hey J. W. Horsley, who m widely known froa> his long oonneo'lon as ohaplaln of Olerkenwell Gaol. The figures go btok over the last ten year?, and have bnen oom piled from the judicial statistics of England and Wales, faking the nunber of miles and females who were found on their admission to prison to have suffered ten previous convictions, and irho, therefore, may be fairly classed as jlnourable or habitual criminals, the proportion of females is about double the duddi ber of males. The difference is still mote striking between the number of re committed prisoners as distinct from first offender!. Here the propottlon of Women to men is about three to ono, showing that woman at their best are three times as bad as men, whilst as inourable offenders mm at worst are twice as good as women at their best These results go a long way i to beai out the old theory that In all they' do women are more thorough than men, but once they go to the bad they are woree, and altogether more incorrigible* It Is satisfactory to find that In spite of the great Inotr aie of population there ore 6,000 fewer prisoners m the gaols ttah there were twelve years ago ; but tl c Incurable class is always steadily on the increase. Mr Horsley's proposed remedies are a progressive punishment for drunken and disorderly oonduot, and the Increase of temperanoe work for women, and by women. Both suggestions are certainly worth a trial.