Crime

Politics

A False Remedy for Sex Offenders

Draconian laws offer counterfeit comfort.

Steve Chapman | 8.19.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Will the West Memphis Three Be Set Free Today?

Damon Root | 8.19.2011 8:23 AM

Policy

Allow Me to Introduce My Victim

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2011 6:16 PM

Policy

The Police Say David Lee Turner's Shooting Was Justified, but Their Account Suggests Otherwise

Jacob Sullum | 7.27.2011 11:34 AM

Policy

'I Can Never Have Faith in Justice in This Country Again'

Jacob Sullum | 7.26.2011 10:43 AM

Policy

Spray Paint the Walls

Graffiti, art, and advertising

Greg Beato | 7.26.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Stanford So Smart Even Its Rapists Are Logical

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.21.2011 3:50 PM

Policy

'The Worst Attributes of Meth, Coke, PCP, LSD, and Ecstasy'

Jacob Sullum | 7.20.2011 12:20 PM

Policy

The Dangers of "Caylee's Law"

Fruitless outrage won't prevent future tragedies.

Steve Chapman | 7.18.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

The Cautionary Tale of Dominique Strauss-Kahn

Understanding the collapsing case against the former I.M.F. chief

Cathy Young | 7.13.2011 6:00 PM

Policy

Sheriff's Deputy Kills Former NFL Player Outside a Convenience Store

Jacob Sullum | 7.12.2011 2:58 PM

Politics

"TSA Agent Caught With Passenger's iPad in His Pants; Allegedly Took $50,000 in Other Goods, Cops Say"

Matt Welch | 7.8.2011 9:30 AM

Policy

Bill James: "The human race has been in a long struggle to eliminate murder. And we will succeed."

Matt Welch | 7.6.2011 2:20 PM

Culture

Briefly Noted: Pirates of the North Sea

Jesse Walker | 7.6.2011 11:00 AM

Policy

The Pernicious Perp Walk

What the Dominique Strauss-Kahn case reveals about spotlight-hungry prosecutors

Gene Healy | 7.5.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

The Devil's Bargain

How plea agreements, never contemplated by the Framers, undermine justice

Tim Lynch | 7.5.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Keeping Kids Outside the System

Alternatives to juvenile detention are cheaper and more effective.

Irene Sullivan | 7.4.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Manhattan D.A. Cyrus Vance Accountable for DSK Debacle

Tim Cavanaugh | 7.1.2011 1:35 PM

Policy

Caged Warmth

Three harrowing days at a women's minimum-security prison!

Peter Bagge | 7.1.2011 1:30 PM

Policy

Collars for Dollars

How the drug war sacrifices real policing for easy arrests.

Peter Moskos | 6.29.2011 10:30 AM

Politics

'Long Prison Terms Are Wasteful Government Spending'

Criminologist Mark Kleiman on replacing severity with swiftness and certainty

Zach Weissmueller | 6.28.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Bad Boys

A rogue's gallery of misbehaving prosecutors, plus three worth praising

Radley Balko | 6.27.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

The Facts about American Prisons

Separating economic myths from economic truths

Veronique de Rugy | 6.24.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

You've Got Jail

Is it time to bring America's prisoners online?

Greg Beato | 6.24.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

The Golden State's Iron Bars

How California prison guards became the country's most powerful union

Tim Cavanaugh | 6.23.2011 10:30 AM

Politics

Indefensible

Public defenders are too overloaded to protect the rights of the accused.

Clay Conrad | 6.22.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

What You Don't Know Can Hurt You

The peril of vague criminal statutes

Harvey Silverglate | 6.21.2011 1:30 PM

Policy

Rape Factories

Why is the government doing so little to end sexual assault in prisons?

Lovisa Stannow | 6.20.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

The Crime Rate Puzzle

Did incarceration reduce the crime rate, or did it get in the way?

Radley Balko | 6.20.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Virtual Honeypot

Espionage via Twitter?

Peter Suderman | 6.17.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Less Time, Less Crime

Conservatives lead a movement toward "tough and smart" sentencing policies.

Julie Stewart | 6.15.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Perverted Justice

Sex offender laws represent the triumph of outrage over reason.

Jacob Sullum | 6.14.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

The Guilt Market

Criminal snitching threatens the integrity of the justice system.

Alexandra Natapoff | 6.13.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Muddled Masses

The immigration detention system treats suspected illegal aliens like criminals, but with fewer rights.

Jesse DeConto | 6.13.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Prison Math

What are the costs and benefits of leading the world in locking up human beings?

Veronique de Rugy | 6.8.2011 1:30 PM

Politics

Wrongful Convictions

How many innocent Americans are behind bars?

Radley Balko | 6.7.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Declare Defeat and Go Home

The War on Drugs has failed. Let's try something else.

A. Barton Hinkle | 6.7.2011 10:30 AM

Policy

Locked Up, Locked Out

The social costs of incarceration

Bruce Western | 6.6.2011 4:30 PM

Politics

The Ends Didn't Justify the Means

Our complicity in the devastating war on crime

Matt Welch | 6.6.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Helpful Advice (Indiana Edition)

Jesse Walker | 6.3.2011 11:57 AM

Policy

Flogging Prisoners--Better Than the Lousy System We've Got?

Matt Welch | 5.31.2011 9:01 AM

Politics

When Punishment Is a Crime

The Supreme Court takes on California's overcrowded prison system.

Steve Chapman | 5.30.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

Big Brother Is Watching You

Overreaching law enforcement puts privacy rights at risk.

A. Barton Hinkle | 5.25.2011 4:30 PM

Policy

Jared Lee Loughner Ruled Incompetent to Stand Trial

Jacob Sullum | 5.25.2011 4:08 PM

Policy

Mandatory Panic Buttons Proposed for NY Hotel Chambermaids

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 5.23.2011 3:31 PM

Policy

Culture of Misconduct

The misplaced priorities of prosecutors

Ken White | 5.23.2011 7:17 AM

Policy

Radar Love

The changing status of the radar detector in a hyper-surveilled world

Greg Beato | 5.18.2011 12:00 PM