The single most important root of crime is self-hatred, nurtured in early years by parents so plagued by self-hatred themselves that they express hostility rather than love toward their children. Those who have not been cherished themselves know nothing of what is means to cherish another.

Etymology. The word crime is derived from the Latin root cern
M, meaning "I decide, I give judgment". Originally the Latin word cr
+men meant "charge" or "cry of distress."