Kleiman, Mark, 1951-2019
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Name (Latin)
Kleiman, Mark, 1951-2019
Other forms of name
Kleiman, Mark A. R., 1951-2019
Date of birth
1951-05-18
Date of death
2019-07-21
Place of birth
Phoenix (Ariz.)
Place of death
New York (N.Y.)
Other associated place
Cambridge (Mass.)
Boston (Mass.)
Washington (D.C.)
Los Angeles (Calif.)
Field of activity
Public policy
Drug abuse
Drug policy
Philosophy
Criminal justice
Associate group
New York University, Marron Institute of Urban Management, Crime and Justice Program
New York University, Marron Institute of Urban Management, Crime and Justice Program (2015)
New York University, Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Affairs
Haverford College
Congressional aid Management and program analysis director Professor Researcher
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
United States. Department of Justice. Criminal Division. Office of Policy and Management Analysis
United States. Department of Justice. Criminal Division. Office of Policy and Management Analysis (1979 - 1979)
Boston (Mass.). Office of Management and Budget
National Organized Crime Planning Council
Occupation
College teachers
Political scientists
Researcher
Government manager
Economist
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Fuller form of name
Mark Albert Robert
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- Mark Kleiman; former professor of public policy at the NYU Marron Institute of Urban Management and NYU Wagner; at Marron, he was the founding director of the Crime and Justice program; throughout his life, Professor Kleiman made foundational contributions on methods for accommodating imperfect rational decision-making in policy, designing deterrent regimes that take advantage of positive-feedback effects, and the substitution of swiftness and predictability for severity in the criminal justice system; prior to joining NYU, he served as a professor of public policy at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs and previously, he taught at Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Virginia Batten School and as the first Thomas C. Schelling Professor at the University of Maryland; was also an adjunct scholar at the Center for American Progress, and was a visiting professor at Harvard Law School; was a legislative aide to Congressman Les Aspin (1974-1975) and a special assistant to Polaroid CEO Edwin Land (1975-1976); from 1977 to 1979, he was Deputy Director for Management and Director of Program Analysis for the Office of Management and Budget of the city of Boston; worked for the Office of Policy and Management Analysis in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice (1979-1983) and was the director from 1982-1983; former member of the National Organized Crime Planning Council; bachelor's degrees in economics, philosophy, and political science from Haverford College ; master's in public policy (1974) and Ph.D. in public policy (1983), John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University; [email protected] ( (New York University, Marron Institute of Urban Management website, March 25, 2021:) )
- author obituary posted on July 25, 2019 (Mark A. R. Kleiman; Mark Robert Kleiman was born on May 18, 1951 in Phoenix to Dr. Allen and Jeanette (Albert) Kleiman; died July 21, 2019 in Manhattan at the age of 68; a prominent drug policy apostate who favored what he viewed as a sensible middle ground on marijuana: eliminate criminal sanctions for selling and using it but preclude full-blown commercial legalization; teacher at New York University and the University of California, Los Angeles; considered himself a "policy entrepreneur"; consulting company is Botec Analysis Corporation; he was barely a teenager when he quirkily adopted "A" as an extra middle initial, from his mother's maiden name, so that all four initials would spell Mark; he grew up in Baltimore; was a professor of public policy at U.C.L.A. for 18 years before joining N.Y.U. in 2015 as the director of the Crime and Justice Program at the Marron Institute of Urban Management and a professor of public policy at the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service; author of Marijuana : costs of abuse, costs of control (1989), When brute force fails (2009), and Marijuana legalization : what everyone needs to know (2012) ( (New York Times website, March 25, 2021:) )
- Mark A.R. Kleiman; author of 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), Against excess : drug policy for results (Basic, 1993), Marijuana : costs of abuse, costs of control (Greenwood, 1989) ( (Author's blog, March 25, 2021:) )
- nuc86-97827: Glenn, K. Planning, politics, and power, c1980(hdg. on NdFA rept.: Kleiman, Mark; usage: Mark Kleiman)
- His Marijuana, 1989:CIP t.p. (Mark A.R. Kleiman) introd. (dissertation, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard)
- His Against excess, 1992:CIP t.p. (Mark A.R. Kleiman) data sheet (b. 5/18/51)
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Wikipedia description:
Mark Albert Robert Kleiman (May 18, 1951 – July 21, 2019) was an American professor, author, and blogger who dealt with issues of drug and criminal justice policy. A professor of public policy for many years at UCLA, Kleiman in 2015 became the director of the Crime and Justice Program at New York University's Marron Institute of Urban Management. Kleiman was an expert in the field of crime and drug policy and authored several books in the field. Kleiman advised local, state, national, and international governmental bodies on crime control and drug policy. He founded and directed BOTEC Analysis LLC, a consultancy that focuses on crime, drug policy, and urban development. BOTEC advised the State of Washington and the government of Canada as they sought to create legal adult-use cannabis markets. It also established a niche expertise in illicit tobacco markets, work for which it has received funding from PMI Impact and Cornerstone Research.
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