Crime Quote by Peter Moskos Download Open image “I would prefer to get lashed rather than go to prison.” — Peter Moskos ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.0 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crime Prison
Solitary confinement is too terrible a punishment to inflict on any human being, no matter what his crime. Hardened criminals in the men's prisons,… — Emmeline Pankhurst Copy Share Image
“Imprisonment is the form of punishment which may detrimentally affect not only the offender but also his family and his employment and because of… — P.W. Thirion Copy Share Image
I Don't Want To Live Long. I Would Rather Get The Death Penalty Than Spend The Rest Of My Life In Prison — Theodore Kaczynski Copy Share Image
Dare to do things worthy of imprisonment if you mean to be of consequence. — Juvenal Copy Share Image
I'd like to punch out a really old lady. There'd be no repercussions. — Noel Fielding Copy Share Image
I'm not going to allow inmates and officers to be the victims of violent people. — Eric Adams Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I don't think we can reduce the prison population now, so many of these people are damaged goods once they've spent much time in… — Peter Moskos Copy Share Image
I'm not fond of ideologies. I don't like it when people have answers before they know the question. — Peter Moskos Copy Share Image
I'm not a fan of the death penalty. At some level I think killing is wrong, but I don't have sympathy for most of… — Peter Moskos Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“Crime and punishment can be summed up in two classifications: there are bad people and there are people who get into bad situations. The… — Johnnie Dent Jr Copy Share Image
With 'Pretty Girls,' I saw the opportunity to talk not just about crime but what crime leaves behind. — Karin Slaughter Copy Share Image
“The jailers, the Court, everyone in that building – it wasn’t about justice; it was about obedience and intimidation…about maintaining order. Fear accomplished that… — Jay Allan Copy Share Image
Taking notes while watching Forensic Files and Snapped. I don't want to make the same mistakes the criminals do! ;) — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely… — Terry Eagleton Copy Share Image
The danger that may really threaten (crime fiction) is that soon there will be more writers than readers — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
“a crime to fell a tree and light it on fire, where coals of hardened shit warmed and stunk up homes,” — Hugh Howey 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 book is… — Le Ly Hayslip Copy Share Image
If it comes to a question of law, the charges they brought against me - the Espionage Act - is called the quintessential political… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
