The Modern Classification of Crime

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 30, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 41.

The Modern Classification of Crime

An exchange makes the following classification of crime, based upon the prevailing modern standard. Perhaps the figures may vary in different cases, but it is a sad fact that the schedule expresses quite correctly the actual state of things, for when men can look with indifference or sympathy upon crime, it shows that nothing but circumstances keeps them from doing the same thing:—

$1—"Thief!" $50,000—"Defaulter!" $100,000—"Shortage!" $500,000—"Canadian tourist!" $1,000,000—"Brilliant financier!"