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Fall 2015 | PA 5390 Section 001: Topics in Advanced Policy Analysis Methods -- Economics of Race, Crime, and Law Enforcement (35144)
- Instructor(s)
- Class Component:
- Lecture
- Credits:
- 1.5 Credits
- Repeat Credit Limit:
- 4 Credits
- Grading Basis:
- Student Option
- Instructor Consent:
- No Special Consent Required
- Instruction Mode:
- In Person Term Based
- Class Attributes:
Topics Course
- Meets With:
PA 5022 Section 002
- Times and Locations:
Second Half of Term
Mon,
Wed 01:00PM - 02:15PM
UMTC, West Bank
Carlson School of Management 1-149
- Also Offered:
- Course Catalog Description:
- Topics in advanced policy analysis methods. prereq: Grad student or instr consent
- Class Notes:
- Economics of Race, Crime, and Law Enforcement http://classinfo.umn.edu/?myers006+PA5390+Fall2015
- Class Description:
- There are many crime and law enforcement policy debates that hinge on economic modeling. Do body cameras reduce racial disparities in police use of deadly force? Do gun buy-backs, waiting periods, mandated gun designs (such as trigger locks), background checks, or high taxes on gun sales reduceviolence? Do risk assessment protocols in child abuse and neglect investigations help to reduce the child-homicides? Do longer prison sentences or increased arrests for drug violations reduce injuries sustained by victims of robberies and other property crimes? Do airport profiling and targeted searches help to increase arrests of drug dealers and/or terrorists? Do increased police response times and arrests reduce the risk of intimate partner violence in domestic disputes? Do welfare reforms that make it more difficult for women to leave abusive relationships increase the risk of violence? Do metal detectors in schools and zero-tolerance policies affect the likelihood of mass shootings on secondary school campuses?
This
course has
three
objectives: a)
to
help
students develop the skill of being
able to
read and
interpret journal articles and
technical reports in
the domain of the
economics of crime and law
enforcement; b)
to provide guidance on
how
to
use
economic models to analyze racial
and
ethnic disparities in
the criminal
justice system; and
c)
to
explore the strengths
and weaknesses of the rational choice model for
developing policies to
address problems of race,
crime and law
enforcement.
It is more a course on Applied Policy Analysis with a focus on methods and techniques for problem solving related to criminal justice issues than it is a course about the social or psychological underpinnings of crime itself.
See attached syllabus for more details.
- Grading:
- Quiz 1: 25%; Quiz 2: 25%; Policy Brief: 30%; Within Team Evaluation: 10%; Peer Evaluations of Final Presentations: 10%. See attached draft syllabus for more info.
- Textbooks:
- https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/35144/1159
- Syllabus:
- http://classinfo.umn.edu/syllabi/myers006_PA5390_Fall2015.pdf
- Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
- 27 July 2015
ClassInfo Links - Fall 2015 Public Affairs Classes Taught by Samuel Myers, Jr