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Crime and Justice
How News from Nowhere develops Crime and Justice.
Crime is rare and arises from hot blood or error, not from class enmity; there are no prisons or criminal laws, as the abolition of private property and class inequality has eliminated the root causes of most offenses.
Where it surfaces
- XII: Concerning the Arrangement of Life
Old Hammond argues that crime stems from private property and that punishment is unnecessary in a society of equals; remorse and atonement replace legal penalties.
- XXIV: Up the Thames: The Second Day
The story of the violent death raises questions about justice and forgiveness, as the slayer had no malice but is now at risk of suicide.