Joseph McNamara, DPA Biography
- Title:
- Research Fellow at the Hoover Institute
- Position:
- Pro to the question "Should Prostitution Be Legal?"
- Reasoning:
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“What we’re doing now is worse than prostitution. It drives up the profits. It drives up the potential for corruption. It invites violence…. We can never stop this. It’s a consensual transaction between two people. It’s not a crime like robbery or stealing or assault or rape. We’re diverting a lot of resources going through the motions of trying to almost fool the public into thinking that we’re doing something about these problems when, in fact, we’re not.”
ABC’s 20/20, June 27, 1997
- Involvement and Affiliations:
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- Research Fellow, Hoover Institute, Stanford University, 1991-present
- Police Chief, San Jose, California, 1976-1991
- Police Chief, Kansas City, Missouri, 1973-1976
- Former Deputy Inspector, New York City Police Department
- Former Criminal Justice Fellow, Harvard Law School
- Former Officer, New York City Police Department
- Former Board of Directors, The Drug Policy Foundation
- Former Advisory Board Member, Bureau of Justice Statistics
- Education:
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- DPA, Harvard University
- Other:
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- None found