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Obviously, try Utopia, Thomas Moore.
It is a bit archaic (obviously) it was translated from Latin into English around 1900 (approx) but it is the first Utopian novel. I actually enjoyed it very much, it was really really good and politically very enlightened for someone from the 17th Century.
He has a great deal to say about the system of criminal justice as it was in England. Thieves would be hanged just as quickly as murderers or robbers, so there was very little barrier for the hungry peasaentry to become hard-core criminals. In Utopia criminals were not hanged, they were made to wear gold and to perform public service. Quite enlightened.
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