Schelling Visiting Professor

301-405-3494
mkleiman@umd.edu

Expertise
Drug Abuse, Crime Control, Illicit Markets

Mark A.R. Kleiman, Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Drug Policy Analysis Program, at the UCLA School of Public Affairs, Department of Public Policy, is the inaugural holder of the Schelling Visiting Professorship.

Kleiman's primary research interests are drug abuse and crime control, with special attention to illicit markets and the design of deterrent regimes. He teaches methods of policy analysis, political philosophy, and drug abuse and crime control policy. He is the author of two books: Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, cost of Control, and Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results. He is currently working on When Brute Force Fails: Strategic Thinking for Crime Control. Previously, he held teaching positions at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the University of Rochester . He has also served as Director of Policy and Management Analysis for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget for the City of Boston , Special Assistant to Edwin H. Land at Polaroid Corporation, and Legislative Assistant to Congressman Les Aspin. He directed a study of the Drug Enforcement Administration for the Clinton transition team.

Kleiman holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy from John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Curriculum Vitae (HTML)

Mark Kleiman's Web Log

Interview with PBS's Frontline , Winter of 1997-1998

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Selected Publications:

Kleiman, M. Against Excess: Drug Policy for Results . New York: Basic Books, 1992.  
Kleiman, M. Marijuana: Costs of Abuse, Cost of Control . Greenwich, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1989.