Asset Forfeiture: Selected Legal Issues and Reforms

Thompson, Richard M., II

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Forfeiture;    Criminal justice;    Bail;   

RP-ID  :  R43890
RP-ID  :  R43890_2015Feb02

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the asset forfeiture, which refers (in this report) to the process of confiscating either property or money from a person because it is illegal to possess (contraband), constitutes the proceeds of a crime, or was used to facilitate a crime. The report provides an overview of both types -- civil asset forfeiture and criminal forfeitures -- as well as select legal issues and structural reforms.