Massachusetts Department of Correction: Part III

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case series examines the tenure of John O. Boone as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections. Boone was appointed by Gov. Francis Sargent with a mandate to reform the Massachusetts prison system. While bold in pursuing...

Massachusetts Department of Correction: Part II Abridged

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case series examines the tenure of John O. Boone as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections. Case # 166.3 is an abridgment of case # 166.0. Boone was appointed by Gov. Francis Sargent with a mandate to reform the...

Massachusetts Department of Correction: Part II

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case series examines the tenure of John O. Boone as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections. Boone was appointed by Gov. Francis Sargent with a mandate to reform the Massachusetts prison system. While bold in pursuing...

Massachusetts Department of Correction: Part I (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case series examines the tenure of John O. Boone as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections. Case # 165.3 is an abridgment of case # 165.0. Boone was appointed by Gov. Francis Sargent with a mandate to reform the...

Massachusetts Department of Correction: Part I

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case series examines the tenure of John O. Boone as commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Corrections. Boone was appointed by Gov. Francis Sargent with a mandate to reform the Massachusetts prison system. While bold in pursuing...

Caspar Weinberger and Welfare Reform

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case examines the process of welfare reform policymaking initiated by Caspar Weinberger after his appointment as Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in November 1972. An admirer of Ronald Reagan's management of...

Knapp Commission and Patrick Murphy (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case considers the actions of two individuals committed to combatting corruption in the New York City Police Department. Mike Armstrong is chief counsel of the Knapp Commission, an independent commission established by the mayor to...

Knapp Commission and Patrick Murphy (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case considers the actions of two individuals committed to combatting corruption in the New York City Police Department. Mike Armstrong is chief counsel of the Knapp Commission, an independent commission established by the mayor to...

Knapp Commission and Patrick Murphy (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This case considers the actions of two individuals committed to combatting corruption in the New York City Police Department. Mike Armstrong is chief counsel of the Knapp Commission, an independent commission established by the mayor to...

Automobile Emissions Control: The Sulfates Problem (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1977

This two-case set and sequel (HKS Cases 77.0, 78.0, & 78.1) examines EPA Administrator Russell Train's response to automakers' 1975 petition to extend the deadline for compliance with the 1970 Clean Air Act Amendments. Enforcement of the...

Rowe/Webb Memo and the Election of 1948

Publication Date: January 01, 1976

This historic memo, a classic of presidential politics, was the blueprint for the underdog 1948 Truman campaign. The document describes the approach which allowed the Democratic incumbent to fend off challenges from Republican Thomas Dewey, and...

Methadone Maintenance (A): The Analyst's View

Publication Date: January 01, 1976

This case examines the methadone maintenance program used to treat heroin addicts in New York City, focusing on the program's successful expansion under Health Services Administrator Gordon Chase. Part A details the heroin problem and policy...