Crime Quote by African Spir

“We should also remember that punishment and inequality are intimately linked—that the causality runs in both directions. Disparities in punishment reflect socioeconomic inequalities, but…

— David Cay Johnston

The idea that the sole aim of punishment is to prevent crime is obviously grounded upon the theory that crime can be prevented, which…

— H. L. Mencken

Crimes increase as education, opportunity, and property decrease. Whatever spreads ignorance, poverty and, discontent causes crime… Criminals have their own responsibility, their own share…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

“If there is any society among robbers and murderers, they must at least. . . .abstain from robbing and murdering one another. So beneficence…

— Adam Smith

The broad consensus is that our system should be better structured to deter crimes without giving up on everyone who commits them, and should…

— Bob Casey, Jr

Equity is that idea of justice which contravenes the written law.

— Aristotle

Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of…

— Edward Gibbon

A society gets the criminals it deserves.

— Anonymous

The purpose of our justice system is to reflect the values of our society and to punish those who violate our standards.

— Stella Young

We have a system of justice in [the US] that treats you much better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and…

— Bryan Stevenson

Criminals thrive on the indulgence of society’s understanding.

— Liam Neeson

We cannot create the perception that if you're rich or famous or both that you got one set of justice - and for everybody…

— Lori Lightfoot