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

CHAPTER II

ECONOMIC CRIMES

A. Vagrancy and Mendicity 546
B. Theft and Analogous Crimes 563
a. Thefts Committed from Poverty 564
b. Theft Committed from Cupidity 571
c. Crimes Committed by Professional Criminals 579
C. Robbery and Analogous Crimes 589
D. Fraudulent Bankruptcy, Adulteration of Food, and
Analogous Crimes 599

CHAPTER III

SEXUAL CRIMES

A. Adultery 609 B. Rape and Indecent Assaults upon Adults 612 C. Rape and Indecent Assaults upon Children 621

CHAPTER IV

CRIMES FROM VENGEANCE AND OTHER MOTIVES

A. Crimes Committed from Vengeance 625 B. Infanticide 644

CHAPTER V

POLITICAL CRIMES 648

CHAPTER VI

PATHOLOGICAL CRIMES 656