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Crime takes the pulse of a culture. It tells us the truth about us as a species.

There is one, and only one, thing in modern society more hideous than crime namely, repressive justice.

If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.

One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals.

Crimes spring from fixed ideas.

Broadly speaking, there are two approaches to crime: the realistically detailed police procedural, usually grim and downbeat, and the more left-field, joyous theatre of ideas in which past masters once specialised. Knowing that I would never be able to handle the former, I set about reviving the latter.

We need to notice and be aware of the injustices embedded in our criminal system.

Nothing will deter crime but the certainty of punishment.

The criminal justice system, like any system designed by human beings, clearly has its flaws.