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'''Overcriminalization''' describes the trend to use the criminal law rather than the civil law to solve every problem, to punish every mistake, and to compel compliance with regulatory objectives.<ref>[http://www.heritage.org/issues/legal/overcriminalization The Heritage Foundation - Legal issues - Overcriminalization]</ref>
The focus on Overcriminalization is a major effort on part of the [[Heritage Foundation]], having published papers on the topic such as "''Overcriminalization: An Explosion of Federal Criminal Law''".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.org/research/factsheets/2011/04/overcriminalization-an-explosion-of-federal-criminal-law |date=April 27, 2011 |title=Overcriminalization: An Explosion of Federal Criminal Law |work=[[Heritage Foundation]] }}</ref>
Harvey Silverglate wrote a book highlighting how the average American commits 3 felonies per day due to excessive regulation.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crovitz|first1=L. Gordon |url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704471504574438900830760842 |title=You Commit Three Felonies a Day |date=September 27, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Silverglate|first1=Harvey|title=Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent|date=2011|publisher=Encounter Books|isbn=978-1594035227}}</ref>
Some libertarians and progressives<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith|first1=Mychal D. |url=http://www.thenation.com/article/181845/mental-illness-homelessness-drug-addiction-do-these-sound-crimes |title=Mental Illness, Homelessness, Drug Addiction: Do These Sound Like Crimes? |date=October 9, 2014 }}</ref>try to cast overcriminalization in light of the war on drugs, but there are somewhere inbetween 300,000 and 400,000 rules that could be considered a federal offense<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jessup|first1=John |url=http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2012/March/Overcriminalization-Making-Us-a-Nation-of-Felons/ |title='Overcriminalization' Making Us a Nation of Felons? |work=[[Christian Broadcasting Network]] |date=31 October 2007 }}</ref> that go well beyond that scope.
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.heritage.org/research/factsheets/2011/04/overcriminalization-an-explosion-of-federal-criminal-law Overcriminalization: An Explosion of Federal Criminal Law]
The focus on Overcriminalization is a major effort on part of the [[Heritage Foundation]], having published papers on the topic such as "''Overcriminalization: An Explosion of Federal Criminal Law''".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heritage.org/research/factsheets/2011/04/overcriminalization-an-explosion-of-federal-criminal-law |date=April 27, 2011 |title=Overcriminalization: An Explosion of Federal Criminal Law |work=[[Heritage Foundation]] }}</ref>
Harvey Silverglate wrote a book highlighting how the average American commits 3 felonies per day due to excessive regulation.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crovitz|first1=L. Gordon |url=http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704471504574438900830760842 |title=You Commit Three Felonies a Day |date=September 27, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Silverglate|first1=Harvey|title=Three Felonies A Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent|date=2011|publisher=Encounter Books|isbn=978-1594035227}}</ref>
Some libertarians and progressives<ref>{{cite web |last1=Smith|first1=Mychal D. |url=http://www.thenation.com/article/181845/mental-illness-homelessness-drug-addiction-do-these-sound-crimes |title=Mental Illness, Homelessness, Drug Addiction: Do These Sound Like Crimes? |date=October 9, 2014 }}</ref>try to cast overcriminalization in light of the war on drugs, but there are somewhere inbetween 300,000 and 400,000 rules that could be considered a federal offense<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jessup|first1=John |url=http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2012/March/Overcriminalization-Making-Us-a-Nation-of-Felons/ |title='Overcriminalization' Making Us a Nation of Felons? |work=[[Christian Broadcasting Network]] |date=31 October 2007 }}</ref> that go well beyond that scope.
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
* [http://www.heritage.org/research/factsheets/2011/04/overcriminalization-an-explosion-of-federal-criminal-law Overcriminalization: An Explosion of Federal Criminal Law]