This monograph contends that fundamental principles of deterrence are in the long run far more humane than the progressive approaches that are becoming more popular today.

The best way to lessen drug-related crime is to reduce demand through increased drug testing and supervision of probationers and parolees.

The current Senate deliberation over aid to Colombia aimed at fighting narcotics reminds us that there are two debates over how the government ought to deal with dangerous drugs. The first is about their illegality and the second is about their control. People who wish to legalize drugs and those...

Are there too many people behind bars? The statistics suggest otherwise.

You cannot make an argument about the cost of prisons without taking into account the benefit of prisons.

Only when America has big problems--as in 1980--are voters hungry for big solutions, like Reaganomics and the defense buildup.

Permitting revolving-door justice and violent crime robs us and our children of representative democracy itself.