John Connolly

There is sometimes a feeling in crime fiction that good writing gets in the way of story. I have never felt that way. All you have is language. Why write beneath yourself? It's an act of respect for the reader as much as yourself.

Irish Writer

Jostein Gaarder

Where did the world come from? The question has an answer, even though I cannot get to it. It is a good question. It is like a crime that has not been solved. There is an answer, even if police do not know it.

Norwegian Author

Emily Procter

There are actually times when there are crimes out there in the world and I find myself trying to figure it out and I ask myself, what am I doing?

American Actress

Cher

Hate crimes are the scariest thing in the world because these people really believe what they're doing is right.

American Musician

George Pelecanos

Sometimes I think 'The Wire' said it all, and I might as well not write any more crime novels.

American Author

Tom Cruise

Saddam has committed many crimes against humanity and against his own people.

American Actor

James Q. Wilson

Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.

American Politician

Myles Kennedy

The guitar saved me from a life of crime as a teenager.

Michael Bay

I make movies for teenage boys. Oh dear, what a crime.

American Director

Angelo Scola

Taking the life of another is always a moral crime.

Italian Clergyman

Use 'crime' when discussing legal matters, such as police reports, laws, or court cases.

Legal Context

'Crime' can refer to minor or major legal violations, not all receive the same punishment.

Severity Varies

Sometimes what's a crime in one place may not be in another; laws differ globally.

Not Always Clear

In psychology, a 'crime' might not be illegal but considered a moral or ethical violation.

Moral Wrong

Crimes in psychology often stress the emotional harm done to individuals.

Emotional Impact

Behavioral 'crimes' can lead to guilt, shame, or social consequences without legal implications.

Behavioral Consequences

Colloquially, a 'crime' expresses strong disapproval of something, often humorously.

Colloquial Use

When exaggerating, people call something they consider very bad a 'crime'.

Hyperbolic Expression

Remember this is not a real crime, but a way to stress personal disappointment or disgust.

Not Literal

 jealousy, crime rate, and so on? Then we have the desirability gap. How do we get people to think differently about what we really want? You see, the Rawls definition, the Rawls way of looking at the world, the blind tasting approach, takes our selfish motivation out of the picture.

How equal do we want the...

 suspect might lie or tell the truth they may be innocent or guilty interrogation is a high stakes game too much pressure and an innocent person might confess to a crime they didn't commit most people like to think that there is no such thing as a false confession that some

Interrogation or Child...

 which includes crimes like embezzlement, pyramid schemes, and false insurance claims. This wasn't just the work of a few bad apples. The truth is that many people are susceptible not only to the temptation to commit fraud

How people rationalize...

 you're at greater risk of being struck by lightning than ever being sent to jail for that crime. And so the epidemic of everyday violence, it just rages on. And it devastates our efforts to try to help billions of people

Gary Haugen: The hidden...

 the relationship between our historically high incarceration rates and our low crime rate is pretty shaky. It turns out that the crime rate goes up and down irrespective of how many young people we send to prison.

Alice Goffman: How we're...

 For most jobs, it's understood that you can be fired, whether for crime, incompetence, or just poor performance. But what if your job happens to be the most powerful position in the country, or the world?

How does impeachment...

 Have you ever tried to picture an ideal world? One without war, poverty, or crime? If so, you're not alone. Plato imagined an enlightened republic ruled by philosopher kings,

How to recognize a...

 either eat it or bury it secretly but the thief hasn't abandoned her life of crime spy squirrel has a new knot one with a camera theft is such an easy option around a

Amazing Animal...

 As I think many people would, had no idea just how big and diverse the wildlife crime issue is in London.

Inside the Dead Shed PIPE...

 we live in a world where crime is increasingly transnational in this