I believe the public therefore expect the justice system to focus on rehabilitation to reduce the risk of subsequent offending - and… — David Gauke Copy Share Image
There is more to the culture of cruelty than simply ethically challenged policies that benefit the rich and punish the poor, particularly… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
The twin conceptions of sin and vindictive punishment seem to be at the root of much that is most vigorous, both in… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
As you from crimes would pardon'd be, Let your indulgence set me free. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
It is not the conscience which raises a blush, for a man may sincerely regret some slight fault committed in solitude, or… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
“Truly, he who is yonder will be a living god, Punishing the evildoer's crime.” — Miriam Lichtheim Copy Share Image
Life is the jailer of the soul in this filthy prison, and its only deliverer is death. — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Crime fiction confirms our belief, despite some evidence to the contrary, that we live in a rational, comprehensible, and moral universe. — P. D. James Copy Share Image
“It is often said that Vietnam was the first television war. By the same token, Cleveland was the first war over the… — Sue Richardson Copy Share Image
Members of organized crime continue to exploit their victims the old-fashioned way - through violence, threats and intimidation. As law enforcement has… — Loretta Lynch Copy Share Image
“We are in the presence,” said Winston Churchill, “of a crime without a name.” Its perpetrators were human beings, operating with initiative… — Timothy Snyder Copy Share Image
Nothing is uglier than the sinner, nothing so leprous or fetid; the scar of his crimes is still raw, and he stinks… — Prudentius Copy Share Image
Every time that a people which has long crouched in slavery and ignorance is moved to its lowest depths there appear monsters… — Alphonse de Lamartine Copy Share Image
Ambition is violence, the very effort to succeed in the world is violent. — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
India is one vast prison with high walls of suppression clothing her mind and her body. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Altruism is for those who can't endure their desires. There's a world as ambiguous as a moan, a pleasure moan our earnest… — Stephen Dunn Copy Share Image
Reading my way all the way through Sherlock Holmes gave me a lifelong love for crime and detective fiction. — Stanley Bing Copy Share Image
A news junkie, I read, daily, the 'Times/Sunday Times,' the 'Guardian/Observer,' 'Mail,' and the 'Argus' - both to keep up with crime… — Peter James Copy Share Image
Conformity is the only real fashion crime. To not dress like yourself and to sublimate your spirit to some kind of group… — Simon Doonan Copy Share Image
“...Rusche and Kirchheimer relate the different systems of punishment with the systems of production within which they operate: thus, in a slave… — Michel Foucault Copy Share Image
There is direct correlation between a society lacking in artistic vision to lack of social conscience, i.e., crime, poverty, and senseless, violent… — Vanna Bonta Copy Share Image
“The notion that a vast gulf exists between "criminals" and those of us who have never served time in prison is a… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
