crime

Crime:
Crimes climbed in the cities. Minor criminals such as pickpockets, swindlers, and thieves crowded the urban living conditions. The major crimes multiplied in numbers. From 1880 to 1900, the murder rate climbed from 25 per million people to over 100 per million people. Alcohol was another violent crime inside and outside of homes. Jacob Riis, a Danish immigrant, accused saloons of "breeding poverty", corrupting politics, bringing suffering to wives and children of drunk men, and fostering "the corruption of the child" by selling beer to children.