Assignment: Public Administration
Imagine you are interviewed by a reporter from the New York Times about President Clinton's Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.
You take notes during your interview to prepare for a memo you must submit to your supervisor in this week's briefings. Include the following in your submission:
• Appraise the political and societal issues in the 1990s.
• Present the crime rate in the early 1990s.
• Provide an overview of the policy.
• Justify the political explanation for the policy.
• Critique the goals and objectives of the policy and determine if they have been reached.
• Explain why and how the policy failed.
• Facilitate suggestions for improvements to the policy.
Support your assignment with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including seminal articles, may be included.
Length: 5-7 pages.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.