Calvert Institute Publications

Reform crime laws
George W. Liebmann
Let's hear from the state's attorney candidates on peremptory challenges, drug offenses In a little more than two weeks, Baltimore City voters will participate in a seriously contested election for state's attorney.

Reform crime laws
George W. Liebmann
Let's hear from the state's attorney candidates on peremptory challenges, drug offenses In a little more than two weeks, Baltimore City voters will participate in a seriously contested election for state's attorney.

Deep flaws in proposed hate crimes bill
George W. Liebmann
- Endorsement by major media organs like The Washington Post and many "liberals" in the nation’s political establishment of the proposed "hate crimes" bill exists in strange juxtaposition with recent articles and editorials on the U.S. attorneys scandal deploring the abuse and over-centralization of federal law enforcement. But the supporters of the hate crimes bill invite further expansion, politicalization and abuse of a system that is already seriously bloated and flawed.

Bush Replaces U.S. Attorneys in Power Play
G. Liebmann
The news that the Bush administration has replaced seven U.S. attorneys, none charged with or guilty of wrongdoing, with people fairly describable as Washington apparatchiks should give pause to all those concerned with America's working Constitution.

A Short Attention Span
Calvert Institute for Policy Research
Ten years ago, a City Council Committee, under a Chairman who shall go nameless (his name starts with "O’" and is neither German nor Ukrainian), took a look at the Baltimore City criminal justice system. Its central focus was Baltimore’s notorious Central Booking Facility, a state-financed facility whose operation has important implications for Baltimore law enforcement.

George Liebmann: The conflict between Mr.Malley and Mr. Clark
George Liebmann, The Examiner
BALTIMORE - The recent opinion by an especially distinguished panel of the Court of Special Appeals in Clark v. O’Malley allowing a fired police commissioner’s suit to go forward should have come as a surprise to nobody.

Counterpoint - 'Civil Gideon': An idea whose time has passed
George Liebmann
A lawsuit seeks to accord civil litigants a constitutional right to state-paid lawyers like that guaranteed criminal defendants by the famous case of Gideon v. Wainwright. The test case is Frase v. Barnhart, a child custody matter which the Court of Appeals is to hear this October.

The Baltimore Criminal Justice System: The Judges Speak
Calvert Institute for Policy Research
The Baltimore Criminal Justice System: The Judges Speak, a symposium on the Criminal Justice System in Baltimore City, was held on April 30, 2003, at the World Trade Center in Baltimore.

The "Pop Issues"
George Liebmann
The late Spiro Agnew, no great statesman, once referred disgustedly to "the pop issues-acid, amnesty and abortion." The first two are no longer with us as political issues, having now been replaced by ‘gun control’.

Focus on the Facts: Deadly Maryland
Douglas P. Munro, Ph.D.
Despite recent self-congratulation due to Maryland's declining crime rate over 1997, the fact remains that this state compares most unfavorably.

The Dissent: How the Townsend Report Fails to Address the Roots of Juvenile Crime and What to Do About It
Robert M. McCarthy, J.D. with David B. Muhlhausen

Reform Schools Reformed: How Competitive Tendering Saves Your Money
David B. Muhlhausen
With surging juvenile crime rates and limited budgets, state governments have been hard pressed to handle the increasing demands on the juvenile-justice system. This strain has led to increased privatization of juvenile-corrections services.