http://www.heritage.org/research/ The Heritage Foundation Papers: Crime Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:10:04 EST http://www.heritage.org/ui/icons/thflogo.gif http://www.heritage.org/ en-us heritage.org Copyright 2009 The Heritage Foundation To address the issue of offender recidivism, the federal government should operate reentry programs for offenders formally incarcerated in the federal correctional system. The federal government should not assume responsibility for funding the routine operations of state and local reentry programs. Evidence-based reentry programs should be implemented by the appropriate level of government. Congress needs to do more to ensure that the reentry programs it funds are rigorously evaluated. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/tst110509a.cfm The Heritage Foundation - David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Crime Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:29:36 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/tst110509a.cfm Many District of Columbia students attend schools where they are too often exposed to crime and violence. Policymakers in the District should recognize that school safety is an important problem and should redouble efforts to reduce crime and violence, and D.C. families should be given the power to choose the best schools for their children so that more children can attend school in a safe learning environment. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/cda0906.cfm The Heritage Foundation - David Muhlhausen, Ph.D., Don Soifer, and Dan Lips Crime Tue, 25 Aug 2009 10:15:56 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/cda0906.cfm Adult Time for Adult Crimes: Life Without Parole for Juvenile Killers and Violent Teens by Charles D. Stimson and Andrew Grossman looks at the continued viability of the life without parole punishment for the very worst juvenile offenders http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/sr0065.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Charles Stimson and Andrew Grossman Crime Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:15:48 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/sr0065.cfm However well-intentioned, the Youth PROMISE Act will further expand the national government's role in preventing crime into what has been the traditional realm of state and local governments. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/tst080509a.cfm The Heritage Foundation - David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Crime Wed, 05 Aug 2009 14:45:41 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/tst080509a.cfm Instead of passing economic stimulus legislation designed to stimulate the economy, Congress treated the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 (P.L. 111-5) as a political Christmas tree to be filled with goodies for special interest groups. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/tst051209a.cfm The Heritage Foundation - David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Crime Tue, 12 May 2009 14:51:31 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/tst051209a.cfm The COPS Improvements Acts of 2009 would encourage state and local officials to become permanent supplicants for federal COPS funding. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/wm2434.cfm The Heritage Foundation - David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., and Brian W. Walsh Crime Mon, 11 May 2009 14:20:50 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Economy/wm2434.cfm Maryland faces a serious violent crime problem. Some members of society clearly need to be in prison for the safety of the rest. As long as that is the case, authorities must do what it takes to incarcerate those people who commit serious and violent crimes. Authentic truth-in-sentencing is one such policy that can make Maryland communities safer. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/tst031009a.cfm The Heritage Foundation - David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Crime Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:07:54 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/tst031009a.cfm President-elect Obama, during your campaign, you promised to improve the administration of criminal justice for all Americans without limitation. This promise is vital because criminal punishment is the greatest power that government routinely uses against its own people. Every expansion of the federal criminal law beyond its proper bounds, and every unjust federal criminal offense, is an exercise of raw governmental power that undermines Americans' trust and confi-dence in the justice system. http://www.heritage.org/Research/LegalIssues/sr0042.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Brian W. Walsh Crime Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:31:10 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/LegalIssues/sr0042.cfm The COPS program has an extensive track record of poor performance and should be eliminated. Some Members of Congress propose resuscitating it with COPS 2.0. Congress should limit itself to asserting uniquely federal interests, starting with those that the Constitution clearly assigns to the national government. Effective policing at the state and local levels does not require funding from the federal government. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/bg2188.cfm The Heritage Foundation - David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., and Brian W. Walsh Crime Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:10:17 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/bg2188.cfm Executive Summary: The COPS program has an extensive track record of poor performance and should be eliminated. Some Members of Congress propose resuscitating it with COPS 2.0. Congress should limit itself to asserting uniquely federal interests, starting with those that the Constitution clearly assigns to the national government. Effective policing at the state and local levels does not require funding from the federal government. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/bg2188es.cfm The Heritage Foundation - avid B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D., and Brian W. Walsh Crime Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:38:28 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Crime/bg2188es.cfm