State Government Policy: State Regulation of Business Regulate Businesses –Issue corporate charters –Regulate interest rates banks can charge –Public utilities –Help businesses develop in their state by selling industrial development bonds Protect Consumers Protecting Workers

State Government Policy: Protecting Life and Property States provide 90% of employees in the criminal justice system States make laws, set up system –Mandatory sentencing – fixed terms of punishment Decentralized Justice –Benefit: identify states needing change –Consequence: extradition State Police Forces –Generally highway patrol

State Government Policy: Protecting Life and Property Criminal Corrections –All within the state –Expense makes parole option –parole More Sentencing Options –Shock probation –Shock incarceration –House arrest

State Government Policy: Providing for Education, Health, and Welfare Education –States contribute revenues –States make policies to run schools Public Health –Regulate licensure –State Health Agencies Public Welfare –federal government gives money to states for programs Medicaid