Assignment:
Identify an example of a departmental policy effort to address a public policy issue.
Focus your explanation on the potential difference between perceptions of criminality, the public policy issues related to these perceptions, and the reality of the challenges many political actors face in addressing these issues.
Discuss the overall impact on the public that exists having so many actors involved in the same criminal justice arena-all of whom are trying to create policy to address the same public policy issue.