First time I heard this phrase in the radio " Crime doesn't pay, but crime stopper does" from Toronto Crime Stoppers, a partnership between the community, the Toronto Police Service and the media.
CRIME STOPPERS will pay up to $2000 cash for ANY information that leads to an arrest in ANY criminal matter. Callers never need to give their name or testify in court and they do NOT use call display.
Crime doesn’t pay is a proverb that is over 100 years old.
So Crimer stopper hijacked the proverb to form its slogon : CRIME DOESN'T PAY....... BUT CRIME STOPPERS DOES.
Crime doesn’t pay is a proverb that means the benefits reaped by breaking the law are far outweighed by the liabilities incurred by breaking the law. The idea is that though the immediate aftermath when one commits a crime may seem to be positive, eventually one’s transgressions will catch up with him and he will pay the consequences. The phrase crime doesn’t pay was used as early as the 1860s and may be an aphorism coined by moralistic Victorian-era citizens; however, the phrase crime doesn’t pay did not become popular until the 1920s-1930s. This may be related to the gang activity and lawlessness prevalent during the American Prohibition Era. Crime was often in the headlines. The phrase crime doesn’t pay was often used in fictionalized accounts of lawlessness in comic strips, books, movies, and radio shows.
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