Criminal Justice Policy Analysis

McBride (2018) argues that civil asset forfeiture is unjust unconstitutional, and that “Revenue collection is fundamentally incompatible with traditional law enforcement functions.” He proposes three potential areas for reform: (i) asset forfeiture, (ii) law enforcement funding, and (iii) municipal reforms. If the state legislature could only prioritize one of these reforms due to political opposition, which would you advocate for and why?