PA 5022 is also offered in Fall 2023
PA 5022 is also offered in Spring 2022
PA 5022 is also offered in Fall 2021
Spring 2018 | PA 5022 Section 004: Economics For Policy Analysis and Planning II -- Race, Crime, and Public Policy (65700)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 3 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- A-F only
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Times and Locations:
Second Half of Term
Tue,
Thu 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Hubert H Humphrey Center 184
- Enrollment Status:
Open (16 of 25 seats filled)
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Application of economic reasoning to a wide range of contemporary public policy issues. The following topically-focused courses also fulfill the MPP economics requirement: PA 5431: Public Policies on Work and Pay, PA 5503: Economics of Development, PA 5521: Development Planning and Policy Analysis, and PA 5805: Global Economics. prereq: 5021 or equiv
- Class Notes:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/?myers006+PA5022+Spring2018
- Class Description:
- This course is designed to help students learn how to read and interpret a technical economics journal article, report, or analysis. The focus will be on articles in the domain of the economics of crime and law enforcement. Policy topics range from those dealing with optimal enforcement of the law to examinations of domestic violence, racial disparities in the criminal justice system, and gun control. Students will gain an appreciation for has the strengths and weaknesses of the rational choice model of crime and the use of economics to develop policies addressing problems of race, crime and law enforcement.
- Grading:
10% Abstract of Research Note
10% Research Note Presentation (Peer Evaluated)
20% Final Research Note
30% Midterm Examination
20% Team Review/Critique of Assigned Article
10% Peer Evaluation of Team Presentation
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/65700/1183
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/myers006_PA5022_Spring2018.pdf
- Past Syllabi:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/myers006_PA5022_Fall2015.pdf (Fall 2015)
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 30 March 2018
ClassInfo Links - Spring 2018 Public Affairs Classes Taught by Samuel Myers, Jr