Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

Society prepares the crime; the criminal commits it.

Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

Small crimes always precede great ones. Never have we seen timid innocence pass suddenly to extreme licentiousness.

A crafty knave needs no broker.

A crafty knave needs no broker.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

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.

Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a read more

Where crime is taught from early years, it becomes a part of
nature.
[Lat., Ars fit ubi a teneris crimen condiscitur annis.]

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.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.

He who does not prevent a crime when he can, encourages it.