- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Crime Quotes
Crime, fear, and what a society owes the victim.
This crime quotes collection includes a stark line about crime and its fear shaping American life, and a pointed connection drawn between illiteracy and resorting to crime. See Criminal Justice quotes for related themes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Humanity
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- Nov 07, 2020
We see book-burning as a crime against humanity: it's intolerable because books represent a kind of freedom to us.
- Safe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our streets should be safe at all times. You shouldn't have to worry about things like knife or other crime.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The most divisive issue facing New Yorkers in 2013 is stop and frisk, a tactic used by law enforcement to stop, question, and frisk people suspected of a crime.
- City
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- Nov 07, 2020
Chinatown is tremendously interesting... It's a part of the city that hasn't really been explored in crime literature or in any general literature. It's as though Chinatown didn't exist. People write about New York without mentioning Chinatown at all.
- Happens
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- Nov 07, 2020
The poor and minorities are disproportionately both crime's perpetrators and its victims. People are saddened when this happens but not surprised.
- Human
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- Nov 07, 2020
Black-on-black crime is a massive human rights issue that's going on in America.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I absolutely adore classic crime and read a huge amount as a teen - Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Sherlock Holmes, Josephine Tey, and many more.
- Law
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- Nov 07, 2020
Arizona did not make illegal, illegal. It is a crime to enter or remain in the U.S. in violation of federal law. States have had inherent authority to enforce immigration laws when the federal government has failed or refused to do so.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's great that I can look up a fact instantly on my cellphone, but I miss the days in my room with a dog-eared, text-heavy paperback, immersed in the statistics of crime and punishment and lunacy, completely alone with the narrative of human depravity.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
Occasionally, I have written about stories related to crime, but I have never attempted a traditional detective story. So I want to write a true detective story.
- Design
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is no city in America that has reduced crime as much as we have in the last three years. This is not the product of accident. This is the product of design.
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- Nov 07, 2020
You wanna get rid of drug crime in this country? Fine, let's just get rid of all the drug laws.
- Identity
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- Nov 07, 2020