Malcolm Sparrow

Professor of Practice of Public Management
Program in Criminal Justice Policy and Management
Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy
Office Address
Littauer-206
Mailing Address
John F. Kennedy School of Government
Mailbox 10
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
Contact
Phone: 617-495-8359
Fax: 617-496-6372
Email: malcolm_sparrow@Harvard.Edu
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Malcolm K. Sparrow is Professor of the Practice of Public Management and Faculty Chair of the Executive Program on Strategic Management of Regulatory and Enforcement Agencies. He served 10 years with the British Police Service, rising to the rank of Detective Chief Inspector, and has had extensive experience with criminal investigation. Recent publications include: The Character of Harms: Operational Challenges in Control; The Regulatory Craft: Controlling Risks, Solving Problems, and Managing Compliance; and License to Steal: How Fraud Bleeds America’s Health Care System. His research interests include regulatory and enforcement strategy, fraud control, and risk management and analysis. He is also a patent-holding inventor in the area of computerized fingerprint analysis and is dead serious at tennis. He holds an MA in mathematics from Cambridge University, an MPA from the Kennedy School, and a PhD in applied mathematics.

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Research

For a complete list of faculty citations from 2001 - present, please visit the Harvard Kennedy School Research Report Online.

Selected Publication Citations:

  • Commentary
    • Sparrow, Malcolm K. "An E-Ripoff of the U.S." Los Angeles Times, August 21, 2011.
  • Research Papers/Reports
    • Sparrow, Malcolm K. "Governing Science." New Perspectives in Policing (Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety), January 2011.
    • Sparrow, Malcolm K. "One Week in Heron City: A Case Study." New Perspectives in Policing (Executive Session on Policing and Public Safety), September 2009.