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July 30, 2010 1:58pm
RT @jeneobrien: Another good section of law addresses "girlfriend problem": 2 many women serving time b/c of ties 2 drugdealer husband etc.
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Studies, Articles, and Publications


Commentary & Reports

The Forfeiture Racket
By Radley Balko, Reason Magazine - February 2010


Congress's Hammer:  Another Criminal Law
By Brian Walsh and Tiffany Josslyn, Real Clear Politics - 3/04/09

Don't Overstate Crimes
By Abbe D. Lowell -
The National Law Journal, October 27, 2008

The Urge to Over-Legislate:  Criminal Law and Public Opinion in the United Kingdom
By Judge Inigo Bing, delivered as a lecture to The Heritage Foundation - November 5, 2007

The Overcriminalization Phenomenon
By Erik Luna,
American University Law Review - 2005

The Sociological Origins of "White-Collar Crime"
By John S. Baker, The Heritage Foundation - 2004

Sufficiently Armed:  The Federal Toolbox for Punishing Criminality in the Subprime Market
By Stephanie A. Martz and Tiffany Joslyn, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers - October, 2008

Sins of The Children:  Punishing Businesses for Employes' Crimes (streaming MP3 available)
Conference co-hosted by The Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation - August 16, 2008

An Immoral Law:  Congress Should Not Criminalize "Price Gouging" of Gasoline
By Todd Gaziano, The Heritage Foundation - September 15, 2006

Rethinking Vicarious Criminal Liability:  Corporate Culpability for White-Collar Crime
By John Hasnas, The Heritage Foundation - 2006

Crazy Crimes Prey on Citizens
By Marc Levin, Texas Public Policy Foundation - 2007

Making it a Federal Case:  An Inside View of the Pressures to Federalize Crime
By Rachel Brand, Heritage Foundation - 2008

Deputizing Company Counsel as Agents of the Federal Government
By N. Richard Janis, Cato Institute - 2008

The MySpace Suicide:  A Case Study in Overcriminalization
By Andrew M. Grossman, Heritage Foundation - 2008

No Retreat Now
By Brian M. Walsh and Stephanie A. Martz, Heritage Foundation - 2008

The Accelerating Degredation of American Criminal Codes
By Paul H. Robinson and Michael T. Cahill,
Hastings Law Journal - 2005

Not Just for Criminals
By Marc Levin, Texas Public Policy Foundation - 2005

The Over-Criminalization of Social and Economic Conduct
By Paul Rosenzweig, The Heritage Foundation - 2003

Research & Statistics

Our Federal System of Sentencing
By Rachel E. Barkow, Stanford Law Review - 2005

Revisiting the Explosive Growth of Federal Crimes
By John. S. Baker, Jr., The Heritage Foundation - 2008

Measuring the Explosive Growth of Federal Crime Legislation
By John S. Baker, Jr., The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies - 2006