Crime Quote by Peter Moskos

There's no straight line between closing the mental institutions and filling the prisons but there is some sort of relationship. And it's hard to…

— Peter Moskos

Although I consider myself pretty liberal, I'm not against punishment. There's nothing wrong with punishing someone who has done something wrong. Or with public…

— Peter Moskos

I am very cynical. That is absolutely what police is doing. But you don't even have to be cynical. I mean, politicians don't even…

— Peter Moskos

I'm not fond of ideologies. I don't like it when people have answers before they know the question.

— Peter Moskos

I say a few good things about Canada in the book, you know. Americans are weird, though. We refuse to look at other countries.…

— Peter Moskos

These 2.3 million prisoners, somehow we've convinced ourselves that's normal and rational, more prisoners than soldiers, more prisoners than China, more than one per…

— Peter Moskos

I find it weird that people who claim to speak for the prisoners basically want to keep them in cages all the time -…

— Peter Moskos

I know this in a way from my police background: the second you mention, "The system's racist," one-third of the country simply puts down…

— Peter Moskos

If you're willing to give convicts time served and let them walk, why do you want to give them a criminal record? I mean,…

— Peter Moskos

When I talk to people the usual progression is, "Flogging's cruel and barbaric," moving very quickly to, "Only 10 lashes for five years?" Then…

— Peter Moskos

The thing I wrote we ought to look to Canada for is the shorter sentences. I mean, the mess we're in here, is because…

— Peter Moskos