Crime and Public Policy

Catalog description

The goals of this course are to introduce students to key concepts in crime policy and help develop their policy analysis skills, including the ability to frame problems and policy alternatives, think critically about empirical evidence, use cost-effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis to compare policy alternatives, and write effective policy memos. The course seeks to develop these skills by considering the relative efficacy of different policy approaches to controlling crime, including imprisonment, policing, drug regulation, and gun-oriented regulation or enforcement, as well as education, social programs and active labor market policies that may influence people’s propensity to commit crime. Lecture Hours: 3 Repeatability: May not be repeated for credit. Grade Mode: Normal, Audit College Restrictions: The Graduate School , College of Arts, Hum, Soc Sci Major Restrictions: Public Administration Student Class Restrictions: Graduate-Semester Course Level Restrictions: Graduate Semester Degree Restrictions: Master of Public Admin Program Restrictions: 1MPA-MPA-Public Administration Campus Restrictions: Main Campus Schedule Type (Primary): Lecture Schedule Type (Additional): Asynchronous Instruction Click here for the Schedule of Classes.