Alcohol, relation of crime to use of, 197-198.
America, emotional side of man neglected in, 55;
high ratio of property crimes per capita in, 98;
system of justice in, superior to that of European countries, 281.
Ancestry, effects of, 126-128.
_See_ Heredity.
Anger, as one underlying motive in punishment, 12;
the cause of killings, 83.
Animal, man a predatory, 94-100.
Animal life, man's origin and development the same as that of other, 29-34.
"Anti-social," significance of term, 5-6.
Art, satisfaction of emotions by, 55.
Automobile, effect of the, on crime, 208-211.

Beauty, appeal of, to man's emotional side, 55.
Bible, vengeance as purpose of punishment shown by, 13-14.
Boys, development of criminals from, 58-64, 75-80;
sex crimes among, 90-91;
and the automobile lure, 210-211.
Buckle, H. T., "History of Civilization," cited, 102-103.
Burglar, development of a, 58-60, 62, 92-93.
Burglary, crime of, 92-93.

Capital punishment, question of, 166-171.
Chance, man as subject to element of, 255-262.
Children, as criminals, 75-80;
sex crimes among, 90;
rights of property unknown to, 107.
Christianity, Pliny's correspondence with Trajan regarding, 225-228.
Christians, belief of early, in punishment as vengeance, 14-19.
Cities, relative prevalence of crime in, 75-79, 207-208;
crimes against property in, 99.
Civilization, limitations built up around heredity by, 42-43;
growth of crime coincident with growth of, 203-211;
the road to decay, 211-212;
does not mean the humanizing of men, 228-229;
new evils and new complexities with each new, 229.
Confidence game in obtaining property, law against, 137.
Conscience, as a guide to conduct, 4-5, 109.
Conspiracy, statute concerning, 136-137.
Convicts, in prison and after 120-123, 230-232;
good found in, 181.
Courts, growth in number and kind of, 139.
Crime, defined, 1-11;
purpose of punishment of, 12-27;
failure of punishment as a deterrent from, 21-24;
need for better understanding of, by the public, 27;
responsibility for, 28-36;
part played by heredity and environment in, 36;
among women, 71-74;
of homicide, 81-87;
due to sex relations, 88-91;
of robbery and burglary, 92-93;
performed against property, 101-108;
question of increase in, 134-142;
industrialism and, 203-208;
increase of, due to the automobile, 208-211;
war and, 213-220;
disease, accident, and, 250-254;
elements of luck and chance as relate