I’ve got some shit I’m conservative about and some shit I’m liberal about. Crime—I’m conservative. Prostitution—I’m liberal.

The more religious a country is, the more crimes are committed in it.

After all, crime is only a left-handed form of human endeavor.

Two crimes undid me: a poem and a mistake. 

To live outside the law you must be honest.  

Punishment is a sort of medicine.

A crowded police court docket is the surest sign that trade is brisk and money plenty.

Our crime against criminals is that we treat them as villains.

I'm all for bringing back the birch, but only between consenting adults.

In its function, the power to punish is not essentially different from that of curing or educating.

No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes.

What man was ever content with one crime?

The criminal is the creative artist; the detective only the critic.