Date of Award
4-2010
Document Type
Thesis
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Patrick Donnay
Abstract
Is there a reason why a particular county might use asset forfeiture more than others? Asset forfeiture, in short, is law enforcement confiscating any items used in the act of committing a crime. As many governments face more budget crunches and deficits all means of revenue will become more vital to everyday operations. Everything gets reported back to the Minnesota State Auditor, where I was able to get complete data on every county. For variables such as education, race and others I drew from numerous government websites. I wanted to see if certain variables correlated with higher incidence of forfeiture. Preliminary analysis has shown that there seems to be no one reason for high incidence of forfeiture. Though at first no strong relations exist, three counties in particular stand out and I hope to explain why.
Recommended Citation
Hedman, Chad, "Taking Money: The Politics of Asset Forfeiture in the State of Minnesota" (2010). Political Science Theses and Capstones. 75.
https://pines.bemidjistate.edu/capstone-polisci/75
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