Criminal Justice & Due Process

This dimension measures the balance you seek between punishing crime and protecting the rights of the accused: sentence length, pretrial detention, police powers, the presumption of innocence and how prisoners are treated.

Toward more freedom

Firm due-process guarantees, limits on police power and sentencing focused on rehabilitation.

Toward more control

Tough on crime: longer sentences, more police power and security first.

Debates it touches

Life imprisonment
Pretrial detention
Expanding police powers

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The other dimensions

01 Freedom of Movement & Migration
02 Fiscal & Tax Policy
03 Free Speech & Press
04 International Trade
05 Privacy & State Surveillance
06 Property Rights & Contracts
07 Freedom of Religion & Conscience
08 Financial & Monetary System
09 Civil Rights & Lifestyle Choices
10 Labor & Market Regulation
11 Criminal Justice & Due Process
12 Government Spending & Subsidies