Read quote“This child will either end up on stage or in jail. Fortunately, I took the easy route.”
About Crime
The causes, consequences, and social meaning of criminal behavior and punishment.
The collection
Words on Crime
Read quote“The proportion of citizens afraid of being victims of crime is substantially higher than the proportion of persons who are actual victims of violent crime.”
Read quote“I haven't committed any crime, and since I have been serving my time outside jail I haven't had any contact at all with the media.”
Read quote“We were becoming so used to the morbidity around us. So when the abduction of those girls happened, I was determined not to allow my society to move on.”
Read quote“A titok az, hogy én nem lopok.”
Read quote“When one of your children has been brutally murdered you are looking for those with power to do something about it.”
Read quote“Finding the truth is not a crime.”
Read quote“History is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.”
Read quote“legal murder”
Read quote“If someone in security is this important, something is wrong. It means attacks are getting worse and worse.”
Read quote“Until we put human rights at the centre, we will never have a handle on crime.”
Read quote“In my opinion, it is a fundamental thing that everybody should carry with him a finger print record.”
Read quote“Boss, you got me out of jail and now I've come to be your man.”
