Federal Prosecutorial Aggressiveness & the Tools of Crime

• In Event: The President as Chief Law Enforcer

Brief Overview

We explore how federal prosecutors use their civil and criminal asset forfeiture powers to creatively and aggressively fight crime when presidential and congressional signals indicate that it is politically important to do so.

Authors

• Christina Leah Boyd, University of Georgia

• Michael J. Nelson, Pennsylvania State University-University Park

• Ian Ostrander, Michigan State University

• Ethan Drake Boldt, North Dakota State University