Eliminating the death penalty...will not hinder the prosecutorial capacity to seek, or the court's ability to impose, 'life without parole' sentences for… — Scott Harshbarger Copy Share Image
The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself. All that you despise, all that you loathe, all that you reject,… — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
A community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurence of crime. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
As one reads history ... one is absolutely sickened, not by the crimes that the wicked have committed, but by the punishments… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
A crime persevered in a thousand centuries ceases to be a crime, and becomes a virtue. This is the law of custom,… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Crime seems to change character when it crosses a bridge or a tunnel. In the city, crime is taken as emblematic of… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
The mood and temper of the public in regard to the treatment of crime and criminals is one of the most unfailing… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen, him not know t, and he's not robbed at all. — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
We make our own criminals, and their crimes are congruent with the national culture we all share. It has been said that… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
