Cases

The Hit Squad

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

In 1985 Frank Chikane, then deputy president of the United Democratic Front of South Africa, is out on bail under house arrest, awaiting trial for treason. The South African government is...

The Chicago Alternative Policing Strategy (CAPS): Activism and Apathy in Englewood

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

The decision of the Chicago Police Department to employ community policing techniques to reduce crimes on the city's South Side, leads it to focus on the city's Englewood neighborhood...

Mental Health, Medicaid, and Managed Care: Building a Unified System in Massachusetts (Epilogue)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

This case describes the policy and management tensions which arise when the managed care approach is applied to patients cared for through the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health and...

Mental Health, Medicaid, and Managed Care: Building a Unified System in Massachusetts

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

This case describes the policy and management tensions which arise when the managed care approach is applied to patients cared for through the Massachusetts Department of Mental Health and...

Annie Tallent (B)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A school board official in South Dakota is faced with a demand by local Indian tribes to change the name of the Annie Tallent School. Annie Tallent was among the first white pioneers to...

Annie Tallent (A)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A school board official in South Dakota is faced with a demand by local Indian tribes to change the name of the Annie Tallent School. Annie Tallent was among the first white pioneers to...

All in a Family

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A fire chief taking an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Division shift for one of his firefighters receives a call about a man with a gunshot wound. When he arrives on the scene, the chief...

A Duty to Infuriate

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

In 1992 an Associated Press journalist in Amsterdam is assigned to write a feature article on drug policy in the Netherlands. He has been asked to write similar articles in the past, and has...

Loyalty First

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

An Air Force engineer heads a team evaluating proposals from two engine manufacturers vying for a contract to build a new fighter aircraft. The engineer's project manager appears to have a...

A Distant Command (B)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A Coast Guard Liaison Officer is stationed on an American protectorate in the South Pacific. His assignment is to coordinate and enforce federal marine safety, and administer a grant for a...

A Distant Command (A)

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

A Coast Guard Liaison Officer is stationed on an American protectorate in the South Pacific. His assignment is to coordinate and enforce federal marine safety, and administer a grant for a...

ANDA: Transforming El Salvador's Water Company

Publication Date: September 01, 1998

In 1998, most officials in El Salvador recognize that the water infrastructure and the institutions responsible for managing that infrastructure are in disrepair. Without reforms, the...