CHAPTER I

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS

A. Definition of Crime 377 B. The Origin of Egoistic Acts in General 381 C. Egoistic Tendencies Resulting from the Present Economic System and its Consequences 401 a. The Present Economic System 402 b. The Proportion in which the Different Classes are Guilty of Crime 436 c. Marriage 449 d. The Criminality of Women 463 e. The Family 478 f. Prostitution 504 g. Alcoholism 508 h. Militarism 516 i. The Penalty 519 j. Imitation 528 k. Conclusions 532 D. Individual Differences 534 E. The Classification of Crime 536