1. Presidential Candidates Views on Crime Control Policies
President Obama
Mitt Romney
Expanded Federal Role
More Police: Increase funding for the FBI, and the DEA,
Increased federal prosecution of white-collar criminals.
Expand services for crime victims, juvenile delinquency prevention, reentry services for prisoners, research, and innovative drug treatment.
Gun Control: Ban assault weapons
Reduced Federal Role
Major cuts in federal law enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Amend key federal laws to make it more difficult to prosecute criminal behavior on Wall Street and in the banking and insurance industries.
They would largely end federal grants to states and localities for crime fighting and criminal justice research.
Gun Control: the National Rifle Association position of rolling back existing gun laws.

2. Comparing The Candidates on Crime Control
President Obama
Mitt Romney
Drug Control: designed and passed significant reforms of federal sentencing laws reducing the excessively harsh penalties for crack cocaine
Death Penalty: supports it for some homicides
Privatization: not a supporter
Supreme Court: Liberal
Evidence-based Practice:
Role of Community
Drug Control: supports mandatory minimums; argues that changes would lead to massive early releases of dangerous felons.
Death Penalty: supports it for some homicides
Privatization: Supports expanded use of private for profit prisons
Supreme Court: Conservative
Evidence-Based Practice:
Role of Community