Mark Kleiman

Mark A. R. Kleiman is an American professor, author, and who is a Professor of Public Policy at the UCLA School of Public Affairs. Kleiman is a nationally recognized expert [cite news
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title=Crime Rate Remains at 2003 Level, Study Says
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accessdate=2007-04-11] in the field of crime and drug policy and the author of "Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Costs of Control" and "Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results". [ [http://www.sppsr.ucla.edu/faculty/kleiman/book/ Against Excess] ]

He is a research fellow at the Program for Criminal Justice Policy and Management at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, an adjunct scholar at the Center for American Progress, and was Thomas C. Schelling Visiting Professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland (2006-2007).

Kleiman grew up in Baltimore. He is a graduate of Haverford College, and received an M.P.P. and Ph.D. in Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1985.

Kleiman was a legislative aide to Congressman Les Aspin and a special assistant to Polaroid CEO Edwin Land.

From 1979 to 1983, Kleiman worked for the Office of Policy and Management Analysis in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, and in 1982-83 he was its director and a member of the National Organized Crime Planning Council. 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.

Kleiman is the editor of the "Drug Policy Analysis Bulletin". Kleiman also advises governments from the local to federal levels on crime control and drug policy.

Kleiman frequently writes for The American Prospect. His blog, The Reality-Based Community, covers everything from sports to political ethics and the war in Iraq. His next book will be "When Brute Force Fails: Strategy for Crime Control".

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* [http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/dope/interviews/kleiman.html Drug policy discussion] with PBS "Frontline"
* [http://www.samefacts.com/ Kleiman's blog] - "The Reality-Based Community"
* [http://www.spa.ucla.edu/dept.cfm?d=ps&s=faculty&f=faculty1.cfm&id=137 Faculty profile] at UCLA
* [http://www.csdp.org/csdpcgi/experts.pl?i=93 bio] - from Common Sense for Drug Policy
* [http://www.americanprogress.org/aboutus/scholars/KleimanMark.html Scholar profile] - Center for American Progress
* [http://www.puaf.umd.edu/facstaff/faculty/Kleiman.htm Faculty profile] - University of Maryland School of Public Policy
* [http://bloggingheads.tv/diavlogs/14143 Video discussion with Kleiman and Megan Mcardle] on Bloggingheads.tv