Your reading for this week contains the following "sections" devoted to a particular issue or problem in the criminal-legal system:

• The Changing Politics of Crime and the Future of Mass Incarceration
• Overcriminalization
• Overfederalization
• Misdemeanors
• Drug Prohibition and Violence
• Marijuana Legalization
• Sexual Offenses
• Firearms and Violence
• Gangs
• Criminalizing Immigration
• Extraterritorial Jurisdiction
• Mental Disorder and Criminal Justice
• Juvenile Justice

Selectone of these areas/issues that most appeals to you or interests you, and write an substantive and thoughtful, fully cited initial post answering the following questions:

1. What is the issue/concern/problem in need of reform? Fully describe it.
2. Why is this a problem, and why does it need to be different?
3. What are the author's recommendations, if any, to deal with this concern?
4. Why did this problem interest or concern you?