Two new publications: one on crime and punishment, one on Mexican drug violence
The latest Washington Monthly has my essay (partly in response to Glenn Loury’s) about how to deal with crime in America, and especially in Black America.
Steve Davenport and I have a new paper up in the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis on violence-reducing drug enforcement strategies for Mexico.
Yes, I know I’ve been wasting far too much time on research and teaching, and sorely neglecting my blogging. Won’t happen again, sir.
Author: Mark Kleiman
Professor of Public Policy at the NYU Marron Institute for Urban Management and editor of the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis. Teaches about the methods of policy analysis about drug abuse control and crime control policy, working out the implications of two principles: that swift and certain sanctions don't have to be severe to be effective, and that well-designed threats usually don't have to be carried out.
Books:
Drugs and Drug Policy: What Everyone Needs to Know (with Jonathan Caulkins and Angela Hawken)
When Brute Force Fails: How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment (Princeton, 2009; named one of the "books of the year" by The Economist
Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results (Basic, 1993)
Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control (Greenwood, 1989)
UCLA Homepage
Curriculum Vitae
Contact: Markarkleiman-at-gmail.com
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Odd that you completely ignore the legalization question in the Washington Monthly article. Seems strange given the societal discussion on it now.