Kleiman, Mark, 1951-2019
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- 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:) )
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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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