This natural response to this example points us towards one common way of identifying the kinds of wrong that do properly concern the criminal law the idea that conduct which is to be criminalized ought to constitute a 'public', rather than a merely 'private', wrong.
In the 18th century, the plan was to make Australia a continent that could contain an entire criminal class the idea being not utopia, but dystopia.
What's more, in the fragments from her lectures that punctuate the play, she speaks of "the Arctic frozen sea that is the criminal brain," an idea echoed by the glacierlike backdrop of Hugh Landwehr's set.
The loftily idealistic, scientifically precise crime fighter of the early films here becomes a beat patrolman (Tom Trout) who has joined the police only because of the cover it offers him for his criminal activities — an idea that Losey would recycle for his finest American film, the 1951 noir "The Prowler".
She told me: With the troubling upsurge in sexual assaults and the increasing revelations of improprieties and downright criminal behavior, the idea that a sexual subculture places an emphasis on negotiation, obtaining active and enthusiastic consent, and checking in to insure all involved parties are mutually satisfied... is revolutionary.
"We try to keep this image of the street criminal and the idea of the threat coming from the poor, but we have long had all this white-collar crime, which is much more likely to affect the average American," Professor Leighton said.
"If you really want an antidote to the extremist atmosphere the terrorists feed on, catch whoever is responsible and bring him to trial," said Mr. Axworthy, who has played a leading role in trying to create an international criminal court, an idea the Bush administration strongly opposes.
Instead of having to reenter the long slog of criminal justice, the idea here is to offer minimal contact with the system, and also reinforce punishment to offenders.
The criminal element [the idea that immigrants bring crime with them] has been highlighted so much more by the Trump campaign.
