If the movie has a still point inside it-an unassailable conclusion-it's that justice and the law are not the same thing.

| Aug 30, 2018

Maing's documentary doesn't offer an answer to whether a system as vast and powerful as the NYPD can be reformed from the inside. But he illustrates just how difficult it is to try and how many disincentives face officers who challenge the status quo.

| Aug 28, 2018

That rare kind of important documentary that's compelling enough to possibly enact change.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 24, 2018

"Crime + Punishment" is a quiet documentary but a potent one. Though its approach is low key, its passion, drama and concern for exposing wrongdoing is unmistakable.

| Aug 23, 2018

Mr. Maing's meticulous and dismaying film... illuminates some of the deep, perhaps intractable problems of policing in New York City and beyond.

| Aug 23, 2018

Essential viewing for anyone with a suspicion that there's corruption in law enforcement.

| Aug 22, 2018

For the most part, the film balances its outrage with objectivity.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 21, 2018

Through sensitive portraiture and vigorous investigative reporting, it tracks the struggle of minority police officers within the NYPD to reshape the culture of law enforcement itself.

| Aug 21, 2018

The film is a vivid illustration of how racism is perpetrated through the structure of nominally egalitarian institutions.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 17, 2018

Shines a much-needed light on the kind of policing that could actually make a difference in these communities.

| Aug 10, 2018

Stephen Maing's documentary about the NYPD's illegal policing quotas and other discriminatory practices gets the blood boiling.

| Jan 24, 2018

What Crime + Punishment does reveal is that when you begin to view people as numbers and quotes to be filled, everyone involved becomes monstrous.

| Jan 24, 2018