Like any well-tempered English major; I like the evil villians as well as the protagonists in stories and no what Dr. Abernathy says or thinks, Raskolnikov was in fact an evil genius.
Think about it, he commits this crime and seemingly gets away with it. In fact, if it wasn't for his guilty conscience, he would have gotten away with it. I'm not saying Raskolnikov was evil, he was far from evil but at the same time, he thought he was above the law and thought he could commit the perfect crime.
Take this from a Shakespearen connection [since I adore Shakespeare] Iago from "Othello" was also an evil genius. He too thought he could commit the perfect crime by making Othello suspicious of his wife by a few well-planted evidence items. There is a certain flair to this type of intellect; hence the name "evil genius".
Personally, I don't think Raskolnikov was good but he wasn't evil. He was just your average evil genius.
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