Revenue generated through the criminal justice system has become a key component of
local government budgets across the United States. Although numerous restrictions exist to …

Drawing on the Global Policing Database (GPD), this review assesses the impact of supplier
arrests and seizures on drug crime, drug use, drug price, drug purity, and drug harm …

Research Summary For several decades, critics have argued that civil forfeiture laws create
incentives for law enforcement to increase departmental revenue by “policing for profit.” By …

In Who Are the Criminals?, John Hagan argues that legislators use “crisis framing” to
influence how the general public thinks about crime. President Ronald Reagan used reports …

Philando Castile, age 32 (multiple gunshots, Falcon Heights, Minnesota), Jenoah Donald,
age 30 (gunshot, Hazell Dell, Washington), Julian Lewis, age 60 (gunshot, Screven County …

Asset forfeiture has proven highly controversial in the United States since its expansion in
1984. Most contentious is the widespread policy that allows police agencies to keep the …

Asset forfeiture helps law enforcement officials strike at the economic foundations of criminal
activity, particularly the illicit drug trade (Department of Justice, 1994a). This is particularly …

The purpose of the present study is to determine if civil and criminal forfeitures have
statistically-significant and negative effects on drug-related arrests. The primary focus of this …

Further Results Concerning the Effects of Asset Forfeiture on Policing Page 1 Electronic copy
available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2647629 Brian Kelly: Asset Forfeiture and Policing …

Law enforcement incentives have become a relevant discussion topic in recent years.
Starting with sheriff offices, elections may introduce different incentives for sheriffs, impacting …