Number: RS22005
Title: Crime and Forfeiture: In Short
Authors: Charles Doyle, American Law Division 
Abstract: This is a sketch of the federal forfeiture, the confiscation that attends the commission of various crimes, of its origins and attributes, of the distribution through asset forfeiture funds of the hundreds of millions of dollars it generates, and of some of the constitutional issues it raises.
Pages: 6
Date: May 9, 2007