Policy Memo

The audience for this policy memo is a senior local government official, who has executive authority to direct a law enforcement agency that is relevant to the subject at hand (e.g. police chief, sheriff, senior judge, director of parole and probation services). The executive is familiar with institutional details, but has a legal or practitioner background.

You must read both articles provided and answer the following questions in the memo:

• What is the “big” problem this paper addresses?
• What specific question does this paper seek to answer?
• What data do the authors use? What do they do with the data?
• What do the authors find?
• How do the findings change our understanding
  of the “big” problem?

Must be in MLA format, no plagiarism, cite sources, 2-3 pages max.