Watchmen or Warfighters? A Conservative Proposal for Limiting Military-Grade...
Under the Department of Defense’s (DOD) 1033 Program, surplus or out-of-date materiel is transferred to various law enforcement departments nationwide to supplant the need for state and local spending....
View ArticleThe Black Body Count Rises as Chicago Police Step Back
In October 2015, Mayor Rahm Emanuel told U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch during a crime meeting in Washington, D.C., that the Chicago police had gone “fetal,” and were less likely to interdict...
View ArticleThe Campus Rape Panic: The Attack on Due Process at America’s Universities
In recent years, politicians led by President Obama and prominent senators and governors have teamed with extremists on campus to portray our nation’s campuses as awash in a violent crime wave—and to...
View ArticleThe Role of Community in Economical Rental Housing by Design for Communities...
Community, in the context of housing, is generally defined by the people who live in a particular area and how they interact with one another. Given that much of our lives takes place in our...
View ArticleSeven State Criminal Justice Reform Measures for Congress to Consider
In a debate over how we define crimes, whom we send to prison, how long we send them there, and what we do with them while they are incarcerated, Congress should look to the states for seven examples...
View ArticleBalancing the Scales of Due Process: The Conservative Case for Grand Jury...
Grand juries were initially an integral due process barrier from an overzealous and despotic government; a civic check on the criminal justice system prior to trial. Throughout the years, however,...
View ArticleAnnual Privatization Report 2016: Criminal Justice and Corrections
This new section of Reason Foundation’s Annual Privatization Report 2016 provides a comprehensive overview of the latest on criminal justice reform, public-private partnerships in corrections and...
View ArticleSurveillance Takes Wing: Privacy in the Age of Police Drones
Unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly referred to as “drones,” are being used in a range of industries, including conservation, journalism, archeaology, and policing. (In this paper I will use the word...
View ArticleRoundup: Syria, Regulation, Spending, Safe Spaces, Civil Asset Forfeiture
Defeating ISIS and bringing peace to Syria will require something that doesn’t yet exist: a non-Islamist, non-Russian-backed force that can fight effectively. Creating one, writes James Philips, will...
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