We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.

We enact many laws that manufacture criminals, and then a few that punish them.

All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.

All crime is a kind of disease and should be treated as such.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

Fear follows crime, and is its punishment.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

Set a thief to catch a thief.

The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il read more

The guilty is he who meditates a crime; the punishment is his who
lays the plot.
[It., Il reo
D'un delitto e chi'l pensa: a chi l' ordisce
La pena spetta.]

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become read more

I am mortified to be told that, in the United States of America, the sale of a book can become a subject of inquiry, and of criminal inquiry too.

But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
Have read more

But many a crime deemed innocent on earth
Is registered in Heaven; and these no doubt
Have each their record, with a curse annex'd.