I was not sympathetic to the assumption that criminals had radically different motivations from everyone else.

  • -- Gary Becker 贝克尔

我不赞同罪犯的动机与其他人截然不同的假设。

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For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.

几个世纪以来,死刑常常伴随着野蛮的改良,一直试图遏制犯罪;然而,犯罪依然存在。为什么?因为人的本能在交战,并不像法律所宣称的那样,是处于平衡状态的恒常力量。

There is an assumption that if you're young and pretty, you will get all these opportunities that are way beyond your musical foundation.

有一种假设是,如果你年轻漂亮,你会得到所有这些机会,这些机会远远超出了你的音乐基础。

The first lines of defence against criminals are the victims themselves.

对罪犯的第一道防线是受害者自己。