Article
Overview of Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States
South African Journal of Criminal Justice
(2004)
Abstract
This article is intended to give the foreign reader, or a reader unfamiliar with the basics of asset forfeiture law in the United States, an introduction to the topic. The article explains the distinctions between administrative, civil and criminal forfeiture and lists the reasons why the government would choose one procedure over the other in certain typical situations.
Keywords
- administrative forfeiture,
- civil forfeiture,
- criminal forfeiture
Disciplines
Publication Date
January, 2004
Citation Information
Stefan D Cassella. "Overview of Asset Forfeiture Law in the United States" South African Journal of Criminal Justice Vol. 17 Iss. 3 (2004) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/stefan_cassella/9/