Asset forfeiture law in the united states second edition is a one volume resource designed to lead the practitioner prosecutor judge and policy maker through the labyrinth of statutes rules and cases that govern this dynamic area of the law. Civil forfeiture in the united states also called civil asset forfeiture or civil judicial forfeiture is a process in which law enforcement officers take assets from persons suspected of involvement with crime or illegal activity without necessarily charging the owners with wrongdoing. Asset forfeiture law in the united states 2nd edition stefan d cassella 9781578233656 books amazonca. Abstract this chapter summaries the procedures governing asset forfeiture in the united states it begins with a discussion of the purposes that asset recovery is intended to serve as part of the prosecutors arsenal of weapons in the enforcement of the criminal laws