11 October 

Administrative Items for Class

• ORAL PRESENTATION TODAY 

• Group One Memo Due SOON - Questions?

• Announcements?

• CQ Reader Update

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

Public Policy - Crime Policy in Multiple Contexts

Human Rights & Global Perspectives ("Contexts") in Public Policy

Juggling Perspectives...& Information...& Contexts...&Models....

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

• Variables - Cause and Effect

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

• Data Conclusions "Filling In Gaps" and Policy Consistency

CRIME POLICY – Criminal Justice

Crime Statistics   NY  TN  OR  Dept of Justice

• Causes (__,___, ___) and Effects (___, ___, __)   

• Types Punitive alone  Sticks and Carrots & Deferred Measures 

• ACTORS IN THE POLICY PROCESS

CORE - GATEKEEPERS - USERS - ENVIRONMENT

• DATA   

• SPECIFIC CRIME ISSUES

·     Guns                               2^nd Amendment v.  "Armed" America

·    Drugs                Cocaine v. Ecstacy v. Rohypnol  v. Chocolate

·  RICO & Organized Crime  Pusher/dealer v. the user      Underground Economy

·       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?  

    CRIME AND FEDERALISM

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

FBI -  NYPD - Interpol - USSS

  International Crime and Justice

• Women's Rights

• Cyber Crime

• Terror Crime in America and the World

• Others ________?

EVERY TIME you interact with information related to a "new"policy issue, be sure to use the tools in the toolbox!!

WHO ARE THE ACTORS?

WHAT ARE SOME CONTEXTS?

WHAT SUBTOPICS WITHIN THE ISSUE will be analyzed?

WHAT CAUSE and EFFECT relationships will be reviewed?

WHAT DATA DO YOU HAVE?

WHAT ARE SOME COMPLEXITIES in Int'l Justice Issues?  Like Fed'ism?

                            And Process Issues - Legitimated,  Implemented, Evaluated?

IN PAIRS, Do the following Paired In Class homework and turn in:

First use your "Crime Statistic" or Int'l Crime Site on the Web and then

1)  "Bulls Eye" the Statistic:

        What crime policy actors would be involved in that issue? The most? Least? Why?

2)  "Variable" the Statistic

            Attempt to suggest a cause and effect statement based upon the stat

3)  "Analyze the Policy"

            What models, contexts or other Tool Kit info would you bring to an analysis of your issue?

Then do the same for this data set SIX QUESTIONS TOTAL  

International Crime Policy

Military Criminal Justice Issues

WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Shari'a and Trokosi and FGM

• Women's Crime Issues 

• "Women" Actors             NOW      UNDP.org     Family.org CitizenLink

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

• Vienna Declaration

• 1994- VAWA - Violence Against Women's Act - In brief

CYBER CRIME

• Cybercrimes.net at University of Dayton Law School

• CCIPS at Justice

• Privacy International and World Cyber Issues

• Epic.org - Electronic Privacy Information Cente

• Cyber Ethics at CyberCitizen

TERRORISM AND JUSTICE IN AMERICA

Military policy versus rights of the accused.

“Cyberterrorism is the premeditated, politically motivated attack against information, computer systems, computer programs, and data which result in violence against noncombatant targets by sub national groups or clandestine agents.”  M

The Patriot Act - McCarthyism II or Fighting Against Terrorists?

"Gitmo" Prisoners Status     UPI    and  CS Monitor

  How can criminal justice policy be improved?