It's not as if I've ever been to prison or been close to going to prison. The closest I've got is knowing… — Michael Portillo Copy Share Image
Where are they now that we, the men whom they sent off to war, have returned? These are commanders who have deserted… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The woman with the cat complex is named Mrs. Alice Plesher, but she doesn't reveal her first name to him and Sai… — Justin Bog Copy Share Image
“Anyone want to help me start PAPA, Parents for Alternatives to Punishment Association? (There is already a group in England called ‘EPPOCH’… — Kelly Bryson Copy Share Image
“As the tough-on-crime movement gathered force, those who had been arrested or convicted rarely participated in debates over criminal justice policy, in… — James Forman Jr Copy Share Image
When Prohibition was introduced, I hoped that it would be widely supported by public opinion and the day would soon come when… — John D. Rockefeller Copy Share Image
We're consumers. We are by-products of a lifestyle obsession. Murder, crime, poverty, these things don't concern me. What concerns me are celebrity… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“Merely reducing sentence length, by itself, does not disturb the basic architecture of the New Jim Crow. So long as large numbers… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
My excellent colleagues have forgotten these bitter lessons of history. The prospect of tyranny may not grab the headlines the way vivid… — Alex Kozinski Copy Share Image
We are all going to die. When it happens in such a drastic, inhuman way, which we've been seeing in Africa, this… — Veronika Varekova Copy Share Image
There was a lot of rebelliousness, without focus, in my younger years. And even when people ask me, "Oh you went to… — Immortal Technique Copy Share Image
“Then headed for the kitchen. Fuck. I headed through the lounge… …just as two indistinct pitch-black masses, Kevlar laden, shotguns raised, crept… — Morana Blue Copy Share Image
We live in a world of transgressions and selfishness, and no pictures that represent us otherwise can be true; though happily for… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was denied parole because I hadn't received treatment for my multiple personality disorder but the doctors in prison didn't believe in… — Carole Hanrahan Copy Share Image
Their violence (the jungle wars of the '70s), and all violence for that matter, reflects the neutral exploration of sensation that is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I have made up my mind that if there is a God, he will be merciful to the merciful. Upon that rock… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
“As mandatory reporting laws and community awareness drove an increase its child protection investigations throughout the 1980s, some children began to disclose… — Michael Salter Copy Share Image
“When a girl is sexually abused, layers of secrecy and shame are added to her self-blame. The incestuous aggressor always projects the… — Susan Forward Copy Share Image
“No matter how well meaning and astute the investigators are or how well-researched, witnessed and documented the incidents of cruelty are, a… — Gayle K. Horii Copy Share Image
The most difficult part of any crime novel is the plotting. It all begins simply enough, but soon you're dealing with a… — Ian Rankin Copy Share Image
“For one… If you shoot me and your boss realizes it was without good reason, you’ll have fucked up your trial period.… — Natasha McNeely Copy Share Image
“I am as much a villain in my nature as a common thief on the high road,” he said. “Did you not… — Meredith Duran Copy Share Image
“Defence lawyers use the term "duress" to describe the use of force, coercion or psychological pressure exerted on a client in the… — Emily Thorne Copy Share Image
“It is easy to blame the person responsible for the crime, to hate them and despise them, but when we sit idly… — E.J. Squires Copy Share Image
A great read; an exciting, frightening account of organized crime today. But like all important works of nonfiction, it goes further… This… — Le Ly Hayslip Copy Share Image
Apartheid is a crime against humanity. Israel has deprived millions of Palestinians of their liberty and property. It has perpetuated a system… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
“Today I wore a pair of faded old jeans and a plain grey baggy shirt. I hadn't even taken a shower, and… — Sierra D. Waters Copy Share Image
Cremation has become the most popular form of burial in the United States... People used to want a big, thick granite stone,… — Jerry Seinfeld Copy Share Image
In prison, the gloves were off, the comforting rhetoric and rationalization were absent. To use a phrase from Plato, I saw the… — David Dellinger Copy Share Image
“Since we wrote Mindhunter, the prevalence of certain crimes has changed. Violent crime in general has been on a downward trend, but… — John E. Douglas Copy Share Image
Should any American soldier be so base and infamous as to injure any Canadian or Indian in his person or property, I… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I know a lot of crime writers feel very underrated, like they're not taken seriously, and they want to be just thought… — Sophie Hannah Copy Share Image
The concept of "girl-on-girl crime" is perplexing to me, and it happens in many ways. There are those, who refuse to identify… — Kate Zambreno Copy Share Image
It is obviously good and proper to respect the U.S. flag, perpetuated with the blood of American heroes. On the other hand,… — Sherman Skolnick Copy Share Image
After the Donald Trump's election, there was a surge of hate crimes. We saw acts of vandalism, certainly a lot of slander… — Jonathan Greenblatt Copy Share Image
L.A.: where there's never weather, and walking is a crime. L.A.: where the streetlights and palm trees go on forever, where darkness… — Ian Shoales Copy Share Image
In his recent book, When Brute Force Fails, UCLA's Kleiman argues that new strategies for targeting repeat offenders--including reforms to make probation… — David Von Drehle Copy Share Image
“He wants to tell her that he is not hopeless, that he is not filled with hatred or violence, that he is… — Edward Humes Copy Share Image
It was as though I had been dying of thirst and the librarian had handed me a five gallon bucket of water.… — Gary Paulsen Copy Share Image
There are dreadful punishments enacted against thieves, but it were much better to make such good provisions by which every man might… — Thomas More Copy Share Image
