4 October

Public Policy

Crime Policy & Adding to the Public Policy "Tool Kit"

Administrative Items for Class

• HAND IN POLICY PORTFOLIOS NOW, Please.

• Group One Memo Due Thursday October 13th 

• Announcements - CCC sheets being passed around?

• Oral Presentation?

• What is "New & Groovy in Public Policy?"

THE PUBLIC POLICY TOOLKIT

• Definitions - What is public policy?

• Contexts - What information is needed when making policy?

• Models - What are specific ways to analyze policy making?

• Federalism - Recognizing Levels of Gov't & Tools Used

• Process  - Stages of Public Policy (Public Opinion, Non-Decisions, Actors)

• What are the Stages?  Which Stage is the most important?

• Variables - Cause and Effect

  Data Conclusions "Filling In Gaps" and Policy Consistency

  VARIABLES....AHHHHHHH! :-)

   CAUSE AND EFFECT and the impact :-) of Playing Pool

Policy Actors (Political and Bureaucratic)

Federal Agencies and Resources
Federal Bureau of Investigation: www.ifccfbi.gov
Federal Aviation Adminstration: www.faa.gov
Federal Emergency Management Agency: www.fema.gov
FirstGov.gov: www.firstgov.gov/featured/usgresponse.html
Department of Defense: www.defenselink.mil
Department of Health and Human Services: www.hhs.gov
Department of Justice: www.usdoj.gov
Department of Labor: www.dol.gov
Department of State: www.state.gov
Department of Transportation: www.dot.gov
Office of Personnel Management: www.opm.gov

CRIME POLICY – Criminal Justice

Crime Statistics   NY  TN  OR

• Have you every fired a firearm?

• Have you ever completed work for cash, without filling out a W-2 or tax form?

• Have you ever been convicted of a crime?

• Have you ever broken the law?

• Have you ever been in prison?

	Cause
					CRIME

 

CRIME
			Effect

These Causes (__,___, ___) lead to the Effect of CRIME

The "Cause" of Crime leads to these Effects (___, ___, __)                  

CRIME POLICY

Legitimating and Implementing Various DETERRENCE Policies

Rational and Complexity-Based Irrationality

            Types 

• Punitive alone              - Jail, Fines, Death Penalty

• Sticks and Carrots        -  Good behavior/Parole, Plea Bargain 

•  Deferred Measures     -  Expunge First Offense...but if you return...STRIKE 3!

  LAW ENFORCEMENT - Actors 

  The "Bullseye" of Crime Policy

CORE - GATEKEEPERS - USERS - ENVIRONMENT

          Purpose

    CRIME AND FEDERALISM

Whose jurisdiction? - 9/11/01 AND  October 2002

FBI -  NYPD - Interpol - USSS

SPECIFIC CRIME ISSUES

• Guns        2^nd Amendment v.  Brady Campaign  and State Wait and Uzi

In one year, firearms killed no children in Japan, 19 in Great Britain, 57 in Germany, 109 in France, 153 in Canada, and 5,285 in the United States.[1]  

A State-By-State Breakdown of Background Checks, Permits to Purchase and Waiting Periods

Updated 3/01

¹ Waiting period applies to acquire permit only.
² Up to 30 day waiting period for permit to purchase.
³ Waiting period applies to assault weapon purchases.
⁴ Waiting period and permit needed for assault weapon purchases.

·    Drugs   Sin"  Cigarettes/Alcohol/Chocolate v.  Cocaine v. Ecstacy v. Rohypnol

·   Underground Economy:    Barron's    - RICO & Organized Crime  Pusher/dealer v. User     

·   Prisons                             Rehabilitation or a Gateway to Recidivism AZ         

·      Capital Punishment         Deterrence?  Racial Concerns? 

·    (Juvenile Crime) & ___? Others   When does a young criminal’s act merit adult action?  

International Crime and Justice - Women's Rights

CEDAW -  UN Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women

Vienna Declaration

FGM

1994 - VAWA

Violence Against Women's Act

  How can criminal justice policy be improved?