I would like to invite you all to join me over in Torn, a text based web browser RPG with something like 50,000 daily players. It has a somewhat violent crime theme, but is only as violent as a turn base browser game can be.
I have been playing for almost 10 years, and my favorite weapon is a trout.
It is free to play, but for about $50 a year there are great upgrades if you want to be more serious or give back to the creators.