Citation

Elmer MC. Am. J. Sociol. 1933; 39(1): 63-70.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1933, University of Chicago Press)

DOI

10.1086/216315

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A century ago, M. de Guerry de Champneuf made some interesting studies relating to the statistical distribution of crime, suicide, and other social phenomena. These distributions were made on the basis of groupings of age, sex, type of crime, and geographical distribution. While the supporting data of modern science were lacking, the studies might give us some interesting sidelights for comparison with the data of present-day studies in sociology and human ecology.