4 October 2003

Public Policy

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

Administrative Items for Class

• Welcome to our National Advisory Council Guests

• RETURN POLICY PORTFOLIOS

• Group One Memo Due Wednesday 13 October

• Announcements?

• Oral Presentation

• What is "New & Groovy in Public Policy?"  ( New FY)

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 Government & Tools Used

• Variables - Cause and Effect - Playing Pool to explain factors and outcomes

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

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

• Data  and Conclusions - "Filling Gaps," Data Validity & Policy Complexity 

   

CRIME POLICY – Criminal Justice

TODAY - APPLYING CRIME POLICY

• Cause and Effect

What Independent Variables (Causes like__,__,__) 

create 

the Dependent Variable or Outcome/ Effect of Crime

Or "The Cause of Crime" creates what Effects (___,__,___)

• Actors and the "Bulls Eye" Model in Crime Policy

  The "Bulls Eye" of Crime Policy

CORE - GATEKEEPERS - USERS - ENVIRONMENT

THE BULLS EYE CAN BE USED FOR EVERY SINGLE POLICY!!!

Hint, Hint :-)   Federal Agencies and Resources
Federal Bureau of Investigation: www.ifccfbi.gov
Federal Aviation Administration: 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

•  Theme of Deterrence 

 Common Themes and Types and Rational/Irrational Tension 

• Certainty

• Swiftness    Rational-Speedy Trial  Constitution but Irrational-Long Time 

• Severity

Explain a "Near-Rational" example of each deterrence aspect

And some "irrationality"

Rationality - Data can make you more Rational

But Irrationality Exists in Crime Statistics   NY  TN  OR  USDofJ

SUBFIELDS WITHIN A POLICY AREA

Crime Subfields  (Issues, Contexts, Models)

SPECIFIC CRIME ISSUES

• Drugs            Cocaine v. Ecstacy v. Rohypnol  v. Chocolate

• RICO            Organized Crime  Dealer v. the user   Underground Economy

• Prisons           Rehabilitation or a Gateway to Recidivism AZ           

• Juveniles        When does a young criminal’s act merit adult action?  

And From our Reading...

• Guns             2^nd Amendment v.  "Armed" America    A "gun" is...?

• Capital Punishment         Deterrence?  Racial Concerns?      

YOUR TURN

A Policy Issue Interacting with the "Tool Kit"

Contexts

Models

Rationality and Irrationality

http://www.carltown.net/crmemap.htm

My Example #1  

    CRIME POLICY AND FEDERALISM and How Did This Happen?

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

FBI -  NYPD - Interpol - USSS

  How can criminal justice policy be improved?

International Crime and Justice - Women's Rights

Shari'a and Chador

CEDAW

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

Vienna Declaration

FGM

1994 - VAWA

Violence Against Women's Act