Crime is a product of social excess.

Crime is a product of social excess.

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.

Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay,
Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
Can read more

Nor all that heralds rake from coffin'd clay,
Nor florid prose, nor honied lies of rhyme,
Can blazon evil deeds, or consecrate a crime.

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.

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

Society prepares the crime, the criminal commits it

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

Purposelessness is the fruitful mother of crime.

If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own

If you share your friend's crime, you make it your own