Issues & Controversies 

Issues & Controversies explores and analyzes hundreds of hot topics in politics, business, government, crime, law, energy, education, health, family, science, foreign policy, race, rights, society, and culture. Updated weekly, with a wire-service newsfeed providing the latest headline stories, Issues & Controversies offers in-depth articles designed to inspire thought-provoking debates and research papers. Since its inception in 1995, Issues & Controversies has been a core student and educator resource for understanding and writing about contemporary events and conflicts, as well as for debate prep. It also provides comprehensive coverage and analysis every year of the National High School Debate Topic.

Crime, Law, and Judicial System (click here) 

Topic Areas 

• Boot Camp
• Capital Punishment
• Constitution
• Copyright Infringement
• Copyright Law
• Courtroom Dogs
• Criminal Justice System
• Cybercrime
• Date Rape
• Death Penalty
• Detainees' Rights
• DNA Evidence
• Drug Legalization
• Drug Violence
• Early Release for Prisoners
• Felony-Murder Laws
• Hate Crime Laws
• Judicial Activism
• Judicial Elections
• Juror Anonymity

• Jury Nullification
• Juvenile Death Penalty
• Juvenile Justice
• Juvenile Sentencing
• Law Enforcement
• Lethal Injection
• Marijuana Legalization
• Mexican Drug Wars
• Militarization of Police
• Military Tribunals
• Minimum Sentencing Laws
• Plea Bargains
• Police Brutality
• Police Lineups
• Prison Overcrowding
• Prisoners' Rights
• Prisons
• Private Security
• Prostitution
• Prostitution Legalization

• Quality-of-Life Policing
• Racial Profiling
• Right to Bear Arms
• Search and Seizure
• Self-Defense Laws
• Sentencing Laws
• Sexual Assault in the Military
• Sexual Assault on Campus
• Sexual Harassment
• Sharia Law
• Solitary Confinement
• Stop and Frisk
• Strip Searches
• Supreme Court Nominations
• Supreme Court Tenure
• Teen Courts
• Texting While Driving
• War on Drugs
• Wiretapping
• Wiretapping the Internet