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  • Testimony posted December 13, 2011 by Edwin Meese III Principles for Revising the Criminal Code

    Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security December 13, 2011 Edwin Meese IIIChairman, Center for Legal & Judicial StudiesThe Heritage… Read more

  • WebMemo posted September 12, 2011 by David Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Get Out of Jail Free: Taxpayer-Funded Grants Place Criminals on the Street Without Posting Bail

    For fiscal year 2012, the House Appropriations Committee recommended $357 million for the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program (H.R. 2596). Byrne JAG grants, administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), can be used by state and local governments for 29 broad criminal justice purposes, including funding pretrial… Read more

  • Testimony posted July 20, 2011 by David Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Drug and Veterans Treatment Courts: Budget Restraint and More Evaluations of Effectiveness Needed

    Testimony before the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism of the United States Senate July 19, 2011 Introduction … Read more

  • Legal Memorandum posted July 12, 2011 by Charles Stimson, Maya Noronha Get SMART: Complying with Federal Sex Offender Registration Standards

    Abstract: Just before Christmas 2009, 11-year-old Sarah Haley Foxwell was brutally raped and murdered by a convicted high-risk sex offender, Thomas J. Leggs. Although Leggs was classified as a high-risk offender in Delaware, because of inconsistencies in sex offender classification between states, Maryland identified… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted June 23, 2011 by Matt Mayer, Scott Erickson Changing Today’s Law Enforcement Culture to Face 21st-Century Threats

    Abstract: Many aspects of the terror threat—from communication between terrorist groups to recruitment of new members—has been changing, largely due to ever-developing Internet technology and new possibilities in cyberspace. One new trend is the lone-wolf terrorist—such as Army Major Nidal Hassan, who massacred his… Read more

  • WebMemo posted December 8, 2010 by Paul Rosenzweig, Charles Stimson WikiLeaks and Julian Assange: Time to Update U.S. Espionage Laws

    Almost everyone seems to be asking the same question with respect to the WikiLeaks saga: What, if anything, can Julian Assange, and those who have worked closely with him, be prosecuted for? Most Americans have a visceral reaction that Assange did something wrong and must be… Read more

  • Testimony posted December 2, 2010 by Brian Walsh Exploring the National Criminal Justice Commission Act of 2009

    Testimony before the Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs of the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate June 11, 2009 My name is Brian Walsh, and I am Senior Legal Research Fellow in The Heritage Foundation's Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. The views I express in this… Read more

  • Testimony posted December 2, 2010 by Brian Walsh The Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009

    My name is Brian Walsh, and I am Senior Legal Research Fellow in The Heritage Foundation’s Center for Legal and Judicial Studies. The views I express in this testimony are my own and should not be construed as representing any official position of The Heritage Foundation. … Read more

  • Testimony posted September 29, 2010 by David Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Crime Against the Homeless: Tragic, but a Problem not Requiring Federal Action

    Before the Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs of the Committee on the Judiciary of the United States Senate … Read more

  • Testimony posted September 29, 2010 by David Muhlhausen, Ph.D. The Second Chance Act: Budget Restraint and More Evaluations of Effectiveness Needed

    Before the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the United States House of Representatives Delivered September 29, 2010 Introduction … Read more

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  • Legal Memorandum posted September 13, 2010 by Charles Stimson Legalizing Marijuana: Why Citizens Should Just Say No

    Abstract: This November, California voters will consider a ballot initiative, the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010. Scientific research is clear that marijuana is addictive and that its use significantly impairs bodily and mental functions. Even… 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

  • 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

  • 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 May 24, 1988 by Dana Joel A Guide to Prison Privatization

    INTRODUCTION America has been getting tougher on lawbreakers. This is something that the public long has been demanding. The problem it creates, however, is a shortage of prison capacity to hold the increased numbers of convicted criminals. This has led to: prison overcrowding, sometimes prompting court actions against penal systems; rapidly rising operational outlays;… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted June 23, 2011 by Matt Mayer, Scott Erickson Changing Today’s Law Enforcement Culture to Face 21st-Century Threats

    Abstract: Many aspects of the terror threat—from communication between terrorist groups to recruitment of new members—has been changing, largely due to ever-developing Internet technology and new possibilities in cyberspace. One new trend is the lone-wolf terrorist—such as Army Major Nidal Hassan, who massacred his… 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

  • 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

  • Commentary posted June 1, 2001 by Eli Lehrer On Patrol

    The tough job of police officer gets more complicated every day Bored after writing a few traffic tickets, throwing a foul-mouthed malingerer out of a hospital, and grabbing a bite to eat, Fort Myers patrol officer Rebecca Prince heads toward "the crack McDonald's." That's what she calls… 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

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  • WebMemo posted September 12, 2011 by David Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Get Out of Jail Free: Taxpayer-Funded Grants Place Criminals on the Street Without Posting Bail

    For fiscal year 2012, the House Appropriations Committee recommended $357 million for the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program (H.R. 2596). Byrne JAG grants, administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), can be used by state and local governments for 29 broad criminal justice purposes, including funding pretrial… Read more

  • Legal Memorandum posted July 12, 2011 by Charles Stimson, Maya Noronha Get SMART: Complying with Federal Sex Offender Registration Standards

    Abstract: Just before Christmas 2009, 11-year-old Sarah Haley Foxwell was brutally raped and murdered by a convicted high-risk sex offender, Thomas J. Leggs. Although Leggs was classified as a high-risk offender in Delaware, because of inconsistencies in sex offender classification between states, Maryland identified… Read more

  • Backgrounder posted June 23, 2011 by Matt Mayer, Scott Erickson Changing Today’s Law Enforcement Culture to Face 21st-Century Threats

    Abstract: Many aspects of the terror threat—from communication between terrorist groups to recruitment of new members—has been changing, largely due to ever-developing Internet technology and new possibilities in cyberspace. One new trend is the lone-wolf terrorist—such as Army Major Nidal Hassan, who massacred his… Read more

  • WebMemo posted December 8, 2010 by Paul Rosenzweig, Charles Stimson WikiLeaks and Julian Assange: Time to Update U.S. Espionage Laws

    Almost everyone seems to be asking the same question with respect to the WikiLeaks saga: What, if anything, can Julian Assange, and those who have worked closely with him, be prosecuted for? Most Americans have a visceral reaction that Assange did something wrong and must be… Read more

  • Legal Memorandum posted September 13, 2010 by Charles Stimson Legalizing Marijuana: Why Citizens Should Just Say No

    Abstract: This November, California voters will consider a ballot initiative, the Regulate, Control and Tax Cannabis Act of 2010. Scientific research is clear that marijuana is addictive and that its use significantly impairs bodily and mental functions. Even… 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

  • 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 Jay 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

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  • 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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  • Blog Post on 1/5/2012 6:08:59 AM Occupy D.C. Protesters Flee Camps Amid Cold Weather, Rat Sightings

    The tents still occupy two parks in Washington, D.C., but there are fewer people living in them as protesters with the...… Read more

  • Blog Post on 9/20/2011 1:30:26 PM Unemployment Up, Crime Down

    According to new data from the FBI, violent and property crime rates fell in America last year, despite continued high...… Read more

  • Blog Post on 9/6/2011 11:00:58 AM Operation Fast and Furious: An Obama Foreign Policy Disconnect

    During the past week, the U.S. and Colombia indicted and arrested more than 50 individuals charged with organizing...… Read more

  • Blog Post on 8/11/2011 10:00:47 AM Crime-Ridden Mexican Border Fosters Human Trafficking

    Drugged, raped, and sold for sex. This was the life of Maria (not her real name), a 16-year-old Mexican girl who was...… Read more

  • Blog Post on 6/2/2011 8:45:42 AM Convicted Murderers to Be Freed if California State Senator Gets His Way

    A warning to Californians: dangerous convicted criminals are coming soon to a neighborhood near you.  That’s because...… Read more

  • Blog Post on 9/15/2010 7:00:26 AM Unemployment Up, Crime Down

    Violent and property crime fell in America last year, the second full year of the current recession, according to new...… Read more

  • Blog Post on 6/8/2010 2:30:21 PM Chances for U.S. Success in Kampala Take a Hit

    In the International Criminal Court (ICC) Review Conference’s discussion of the “crime of aggression,” the U.S. agenda...… Read more

  • Blog Post on 5/17/2010 8:59:25 AM Court Upholds Life Without Parole for Juvenile Killers

    There are positive and negative aspects to today’s 6-3 Supreme Court ruling in Graham v. Florida that it is...… Read more

  • Blog Post on 3/4/2010 10:00:14 AM The ICC: International Justice or Global Government?

    Remember President Obama’s trip to Copenhagen last year? Not the failed Chicago Olympics bid, but the Climate Change...… Read more

  • Blog Post on 11/10/2009 4:30:07 AM Adult Time for Adult Crime: Ethan Allen Windom

    On November 9th, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments challenging the constitutionality of juvenile life...… Read more

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