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Show Who Commits Our Crimes? The prevalent idea that young men and women commit more crimes than other age groups is given a wallop by Magistrate Matthew J. Troy, of Brooklyn, who says that a survey of court cases in 1938 revealed the fact that the largest group of criminals crimi-nals in that city was 30 to 39 years old. This is interesting information, informa-tion, even if it applies to Brooklyn. Brook-lyn. There may be some truth in .he observation in other areas. For example, a recent survey oy the Public Affairs Committee shows that of all persons arrested arrest-ed and finger-printed m an undefined un-defined area in 1938 the age group 20 to 29 had the largest number of criminals, followed by the group from 30 to 39 and, third in order, was those under 20 years of age. |