Crime + Punishment in Suburbia 2000 This is a contemporary fable loosely based on Fyodor Dostoyevskys Crime and Punishment Roseanne is outwardly a perfect and popular teen However, her image is hiding the abuse at her stepfathers hands, and she decides to take revenge The events that follow are a mix of dark humor and an exploration of modern morality as Roseanne faces not only a fellow suburbanite who knows, but her own conscience as well