Rethinking Bureaucrats in the Policy Process: Criminal Justice Agents and the National Crime Agenda
Rethinking Bureaucrats in the Policy Process: Criminal Justice Agents and the National Crime Agenda
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重新思考政策过程中的官僚：刑事司法代理人和国家犯罪议程
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2004
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Lisa L. Miller
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Lisa L. Miller
政策学者指出，官僚可以在定义政策替代方案方面发挥重要作用。然而，很少有研究探讨他们参与这一进程的程度。这项研究有助于公共政策奖学金提供了一个框架，了解官僚参与的力量，在定义问题和政策选择的过程中。利用1947年至1998年国会犯罪听证会的证人数据，我发现，联邦，州和地方刑事司法官僚在定义政策选择的过程中占据了核心作用。此外，我发现刑事司法行为者的中心地位是以利益集团、社区组织和公民/受害者为代价的。刑事司法政策和理解官僚参与政策过程中的影响进行了讨论。
Policy scholars have noted that bureaucrats can play an important role in defining policy alternatives. Few studies, however, examine the extent of their involvement in this process. This study contributes to public policy scholarship by offering a framework for understanding the strength of bureaucratic involvement in the process of defining problems and policy alternatives. Using witness data from congressional hearings on crime between 1947 and 1998, I find that federal, state, and local criminal justice bureaucrats have come to occupy a central role in the process of defining policy alternatives. In addition, I find that the centrality of criminal justice actors comes at the expense of interest groups, community organizations, and citizens/victims. Implications for criminal justice policy and understanding bureaucratic involvement in the policy process are discussed.