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  • Testimony posted July 27, 2010 by David Muhlhausen, Ph.D. The Second Chance Act: More Evaluations of Effectiveness Needed

    Before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate Delivered July 21, 2010 … Read more

  • WebMemo posted June 9, 2010 by Brian Walsh The Criminal Intent Report: Congress Must Justify New Criminalization

    The political pressure to criminalize innocent conduct has proved difficult for most Members of Congress, irrespective of party affiliation, to resist. As a result of these pressures, Congress often crafts criminal legislation that is “misguided, unnecessary, and even harmful.”[1] It is far too easy for a Member of… Read more

  • Commentary posted May 27, 2010 by Deborah O'Malley Empathy for Mass Murderers?

    Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee will likely vote on whether to promote District Judge Robert Chatigny to a life-tenured seat on the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. Any citizen who expects judges to bring the most heinous criminals to justice should be seriously concerned about this nomination. … Read more

  • Commentary posted May 26, 2010 by Edwin Meese, III Too Many Laws Turn Innocents into Criminals

    America is in the throes of “overcriminalization.”We are making and enforcing far too many criminal laws that create traps for the innocent but unwary, and threaten to turn otherwise respectable, law-abiding citizens into criminals. Consider a few examples from the new… Read more

  • WebMemo posted May 14, 2010 by Brian Walsh The Criminal Intent Report: Congress Is Eroding the Mens Rea Requirement in Federal Criminal Law

    For centuries, the concept of a “guilty mind” has been at the core of what makes someone a criminal. Most Americans rightly think that no one deserves criminal punishment unless he intended to break the law or knew that his conduct was unlawful or sufficiently wrongful so as to put… Read more

  • WebMemo posted May 13, 2010 by Charles Stimson, James Carafano, Ph.D. Treating Terrorism Solely as a Law Enforcement Matter—Not Miranda—Is the Problem

    In the wake of the failed car bomb attack on Times Square, Attorney General Eric Holder has proposed that Congress expand the public safety exception to Miranda. Superficially, carving out more time for law enforcement personnel to question a terrorist suspect before reading the suspect his Miranda rights seems… Read more

  • Special Report posted May 5, 2010 by Brian Walsh, Tiffany Joslyn Without Intent: How Congress Is Eroding the Criminal Intent Requirement in Federal Law

    … Read more

  • Play Movie ABC Report on Overcriminalization Study by Heritage Video Recorded on May 4, 2010 ABC Report on Overcriminalization Study by Heritage

    An ABC News report discusses the new study on criminal intent and overcriminalization, "Without Intent," conducted by the Heritage Foundation and the National Association of Criminal Trial Lawyers. … Read more

  • Heritage in Focus, April 26, 2010: Overcriminalization Audio Recorded on April 26, 2010 Heritage in Focus, April 26, 2010: Overcriminalization

    In this weekly Heritage podcast, Heritage's Brian Walsh discusses the roots of overcriminalization and how it impacts average Americans, while Clark Neily of the Institute for Justice describes how the problem can be fought in court and with grassroots activism. … Read more

  • WebMemo posted April 21, 2010 by Brian Walsh, Steven Groves The Crimes Against Humanity Act: Another Step Toward “Universal Jurisdiction”

    Until recently, it was fashionable for the political left to argue that the United States should not serve as the “world’s policeman.” The international human rights community, heavily dominated by Europeans and other Europhiles, has lobbied so hard for so long to change that school of thought that the… Read more

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  • Backgrounder posted March 17, 1995 by Patrick Fagan, Ph.D. The Real Root Causes of Violent Crime: The Breakdown of Marriage, Family, and Community

    INTRODUCTION Policymakers at last are coming to recognize the connection between the breakdown of American families and various social problems. The unfolding debate over welfare reform, for instance, has been shaped by the wide acceptance in recent years that children born into single-parent families are much more likely than children of intact families to fall into… Read more

  • Testimony posted August 28, 2007 by David Muhlhausen, Ph.D. The Death Penalty Deters Crime and Saves Lives

    This testimony was delivered on June 27, 2007, before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Property Rights of the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate. My name is David Muhlhausen. I am Senior Policy Analyst in the… Read more

  • Testimony posted July 27, 2010 by David Muhlhausen, Ph.D. The Second Chance Act: More Evaluations of Effectiveness Needed

    Before the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate Delivered July 21, 2010 … Read more

  • Lecture posted July 29, 1992 by The Honorable William Barr Crime, Poverty and the Familiy

    I don't have to tell you that things are at a critical juncture in our country when it comes to violent crime. We find violence now running at intolerably high levels. The heyday of violent crime was actually in the 1960s and 1970s, and I will describe it in more detail later. It peaked… Read more

  • Center for Data Analysis Report posted May 2, 2000 by Gareth Davis, David Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Young African-American Males: Continuing Victims of High Homicide Rates in Urban Communities

    Despite a welcome decline in violent Crime rates nationwide, African-American males are still dying from criminal homicides at an alarming rate. According to statistics from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), violent Crime in the United States has fallen since 1991.1 Politicians of both parties have hailed the news of this recent decline, but… Read more

  • Testimony posted March 26, 2003 by Paul Rosenzweig Sentencing of Corporate Fraud and White Collar Crimes

    Good morning Judge Murphy and Members of the Commission.Thank you for the opportunity to testify on the proposed amendment regarding corporate fraud and, more generally, about the nature of white-collar crime sentencing. For the record, I am a Senior legal Research Fellow in the Center for legal and Judicial Studies at The Heritage Foundation, an independent research and… Read more

  • Lecture posted March 4, 1993 by Russell Kirk The Meaning of Justice

    The word "justice" is on everyone's lips nowadays, and may signify almost anything. We hear the cry "Peace and Justice!" from folk who would destroy existing societies with fire and sword. Other folk fancy that perfect justice might readily be obtained by certain financial rearrangements -- as if anything in this world ever could be… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted August 3, 1990 by Michael McLaughlin High School Dropouts: How Much of a Crisis?

    Introduction In his first State of the Union Address, George Bush this January set six goals to strengthen American education. One of them is to reduce the national high school dropout rate to 10 percent by the end of the decade. Currently, according to Bush, the rate is 25 percent. This high rate, it is… Read more

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  • WebMemo posted June 9, 2010 by Brian Walsh The Criminal Intent Report: Congress Must Justify New Criminalization

    The political pressure to criminalize innocent conduct has proved difficult for most Members of Congress, irrespective of party affiliation, to resist. As a result of these pressures, Congress often crafts criminal legislation that is “misguided, unnecessary, and even harmful.”[1] It is far too easy for a Member of… Read more

  • WebMemo posted May 14, 2010 by Brian Walsh The Criminal Intent Report: Congress Is Eroding the Mens Rea Requirement in Federal Criminal Law

    For centuries, the concept of a “guilty mind” has been at the core of what makes someone a criminal. Most Americans rightly think that no one deserves criminal punishment unless he intended to break the law or knew that his conduct was unlawful or sufficiently wrongful so as to put… Read more

  • WebMemo posted May 13, 2010 by Charles Stimson, James Carafano, Ph.D. Treating Terrorism Solely as a Law Enforcement Matter—Not Miranda—Is the Problem

    In the wake of the failed car bomb attack on Times Square, Attorney General Eric Holder has proposed that Congress expand the public safety exception to Miranda. Superficially, carving out more time for law enforcement personnel to question a terrorist suspect before reading the suspect his Miranda rights seems… Read more

  • Special Report posted May 5, 2010 by Brian Walsh, Tiffany Joslyn Without Intent: How Congress Is Eroding the Criminal Intent Requirement in Federal Law

    … Read more

  • WebMemo posted April 21, 2010 by Brian Walsh, Steven Groves The Crimes Against Humanity Act: Another Step Toward “Universal Jurisdiction”

    Until recently, it was fashionable for the political left to argue that the United States should not serve as the “world’s policeman.” The international human rights community, heavily dominated by Europeans and other Europhiles, has lobbied so hard for so long to change that school of thought that the… Read more

  • Center for Data Analysis Report posted August 28, 2009 by David Muhlhausen, Ph.D., Don Soifer, Dan Lips School Safety in Washington, D.C.: New Data for the 2007-2008 School Year

    As American students head back to school, many parents will worry about their children's safety at school during the coming year.[1] School safety will likely be a top concern of families living in Washington, D.C. In 2009, the U.S. Department of Education reported that 11.3 percent of D.C.… Read more

  • Special Report posted August 17, 2009 by Charles Stimson, Andrew Grossman Adult Time for Adult Crimes: Life Without Parole for Juvenile Killers and Violent Teens

    Table of Contents: Executive Summary Introduction Chapter 1: Sentencing Under Siege Chapter 2: Manufacturing Statistics: 19-Year-Old "Juveniles" Chapter 3: The U.S. Has a Juvenile Crime Problem Chapter 4: Life Without Parole for Juvenile Offenders In … Read more

  • WebMemo posted April 15, 2009 by Ray Walser, Ph.D. The Summit of the Americas: A Chance to Make the Americas More Secure

    On April 17, President Obama arrives in Trinidad and Tobago to participate in the Fifth Summit of the Americas. The summit process, begun in 1994 by President Bill Clinton, brings together 34 leaders of the Western Hemisphere to develop a shared agenda aimed at improving citizen's lives, promoting… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted September 26, 2008 by David Muhlhausen, Ph.D., Brian Walsh COPS Reform: Why Congress Can't Make the COPS Program Work

    Created in the middle of President Bill Clinton's first term, the Community Oriented Policing Ser­vices (COPS) program[1]  promised to put 100,000 new state and local law enforcement officers on the street by the year 2000. Critics said that COPS would fail to meet this goal. Critics also… Read more

  • Legal Memorandum posted August 29, 2008 by Rachel Brand Making It a Federal Case: An Inside View of the Pressures toFederalize Crime

    Trimming back the federal criminal code by elimi­nating offenses that should be investigated and prose­cuted by the states has long been a goal of policy experts and good-government advocates.[1] This exer­cise in federalism is worthwhile both for its consti­tutional merits and for its effect on government accountability, as it would clarify… Read more

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