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Reason
February 2003
Jacob Sullum |
Dangerous Assumption Sex offender registration: One of the main rationales for singling out sex offenders is the assumption that they are especially likely to commit new crimes. That belief, although widely held, seems to have little basis in fact.   |
Reason
July 2007
Jeff Taylor |
Little Criminals Locking up bad kids with bad adults has long been recognized as counterproductive. Yet a recent report from the Justice Policy Institute reveals that many states simply do not have enough juvenile detention slots for young offenders, even those who commit nonviolent crimes. |
Salon.com
July 16, 2002
Arianna Huffington |
Send the bastards to jail! Unlike the majority of nonviolent drug cases, corporate wrongdoers rarely do any time behind bars. |
InternetNews
September 17, 2008
Richard Adhikari |
Bill Would Give ID Theft Victims More Weapons A bill containing provisions against cyber criminals that awaits the President's signature. Does it do enough? |
InternetNews
July 15, 2004
Roy Mark |
Identity Theft Law Hits Back at 'Phishers' The Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act, signed into law by President Bush, mandates federal prison terms for using a false identity in the commission of a felony. |
Fast Company
March 2000
Rekha Balu |
Cyber Crime Report from the Futurist |
Bank Technology News
September 2010
Tom Leuchtner |
Patrolling the Neighborhood Cyber criminals are employing increasingly sophisticated methods to perpetrate financial crimes. |
Reason
April 2004
Anderson & Jackson |
Washington's Biggest Crime Problem The federal government's ever-expanding criminal code is an affront to justice and the Constitution. |
Wired
October 2009
Vince Beiser |
Nils Christie: Empty the Prisons From the death penalty to "three strikes" laws, Americans love tough responses to crime, but not necessarily smart ones. Nils Christie has a better idea: Stop treating lawbreakers like criminals. |
InternetNews
July 16, 2004
Chris Nerney |
Trolling For Anti-Phishing Laws President Bush just signed legislation to increase penalties against phishing and other identity theft-related cyber crimes. |
ifeminists
December 30, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
Criminals Owe Debt to Victims, Not Society I believe both civil and criminal court systems should aim at compensating the victim. What would a criminal system organized around restitution look like? |
PC Magazine
August 29, 2007
John R. Quain |
Virtual Life, Real Crime? As a crime wave sweeps Second Life, adherents are looking for answers. |
InternetNews
July 25, 2006
Roy Mark |
House OKs Stronger Online Child Protections Wide-ranging legislation targets persons deceptively luring children to sex sites. |
Scientific American
February 2009
Michael Moyer |
Will the Recession Spark a Crime Wave? The bad economy doesn't necessarily mean we're headed for armageddon, argue some researchers. But maybe they've been looking at the wrong data |
Home Theater
December 17, 2007
Mark Fleischmann |
Congress Unrolls Copyright Wiper Look out, file sharers. Congress is about to enact draconian new legislation that would make penalties for copyright violation even stiffer. |
Insurance & Technology
September 14, 2004
Ivan Schneider |
Penalties Upped for ID Theft Identity theft penalty enhancement act makes ID crimes more costly. |
Salon.com
May 17, 2002
Damien Cave |
Lock up the analysts and throw away the key An investor who followed expert advice lost $100,000. He wants vengeance, but history suggests he's not likely to get it... |
CIO
June 1, 2002
Stephanie Overby |
Long Arm of the Law In an effort to reduce recidivism and protect the community, certain districts are using a GPS-based monitoring system, which includes a 4-pound GPS receiver ("the box") and an anklet containing a radio frequency transmitter that tethers released criminals to the box |
Scientific American
November 12, 2006
Sally Lehrman |
Partial to Crime Families become suspects as government rules on DNA matches relax. |
Reason
May 2008
Ed Burns |
Rewiring the System The author offers three reforms that he believes would improve the American criminal justice system. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Love for Hate Crime Laws Enhancing penalties for crimes when they are motivated by bigotry punishes what people say, think, and believe, in violation of the First Amendment. The U.S. Supreme Court unanimously disagreed. |
Salon.com
October 16, 2000
Jake Tapper |
Bush angers slain man's family The Byrds harbor deep resentments over the Texas governor's treatment of their family and failure to support a hate crimes bill... |
InternetNews
September 29, 2004
Roy Mark |
House Toughens Penalties on P2Ps Bill calls for criminal penalties of up to five years for willfully distributing copyrighted works. |
InternetNews
January 30, 2008 |
Lawmakers Fight Online Sexual Predators New York lawmakers proposed legislation on Tuesday that would provide new protection from convicted sex offenders hanging out on social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 5, 2011
Maggie Starvish |
How 'Political Voice' Empowers the Powerless An increase in female political representation seems to be giving female crime victims in India a voice in the criminal justice system, according to new research by Harvard Business School professor Lakshmi Iyer and colleagues. |
Reason
November 2002
Joyce Lee Malcolm |
Gun Control's Twisted Outcome Restricting firearms has helped make England more crime-ridden than the U.S. |
