Come for the "Breaking Bad" references, stay for the fascinating paper about how health shocks - in this case, cancer diagnoses - lead people to commit more crime. Perhaps we are all Walter White?
Worse health means it's tougher to hold down a legal job, and long punishments are…
Come for the "Breaking Bad" references, stay for the fascinating paper about how health shocks - in this case, cancer diagnoses - lead people to commit more crime. Perhaps we are all Walter White?
Worse health means it's tougher to hold down a legal job, and long punishments are…
Una demostración elegante de que ocultar el origen de los delincuentes intensifica los sentimientos anti-inmigracion y refuerza los estereotipos negativos. El empeño por mantener tabúes en torno a diversidad no nos hace más tolerantes, sino que genera desafección y resentimiento
Una demostración elegante de que ocultar el origen de los delincuentes intensifica los sentimientos anti-inmigracion y refuerza los estereotipos negativos. El empeño por mantener tabúes en torno a diversidad no nos hace más tolerantes, sino que genera desafección y resentimiento
I often hear discussion of how the media should avoid reporting a criminal suspect's race or immigration status, to avoid bias against Black/Hispanic/immigrant groups. The intuition is that reporting that info in specific cases hurts the whole group. But what if that impulse gets…
I often hear discussion of how the media should avoid reporting a criminal suspect's race or immigration status, to avoid bias against Black/Hispanic/immigrant groups. The intuition is that reporting that info in specific cases hurts the whole group. But what if that impulse gets…
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) programs have had great success helping at-risk youth and young adults avoid destructive behavior (especially violent crime) and get onto a better path. But often the young people who would benefit greatly from these programs do not seek them…
Y’all, I wrote a book!
The Science of Second Chances is based on my decades of work studying crime and criminal behavior, first as an economics professor and now as a policy expert at Arnold Ventures. It shares what we know from cutting-edge research about how to intervene at…
What are the long-term effects of criminal justice fines? And what does this say about Americans' ability to weather small financial shocks? Steve Mello uses data on speeding tickets, merged with amazing data on drivers' credit histories, to answer this important question.
What are the long-term effects of criminal justice fines? And what does this say about Americans' ability to weather small financial shocks? Steve Mello uses data on speeding tickets, merged with amazing data on drivers' credit histories, to answer this important question.
There’s more evidence every day that increasing access to mental health care reduces criminal behavior. But would *mandating* such treatment be effective? Many think not. Rachel Nesbit studied what happens when judges mandate treatment as part of probation requirements. And she…
There’s more evidence every day that increasing access to mental health care reduces criminal behavior. But would *mandating* such treatment be effective? Many think not. Rachel Nesbit studied what happens when judges mandate treatment as part of probation requirements. And she…
There isn't much causal research on what works in jails, to make them safer or to put inmates on a better path once they're released. This study of the IGNITE program in Flint, MI, is a welcome and inspiring addition, in that context. Check out my interview w @instrumenthull!
There isn't much causal research on what works in jails, to make them safer or to put inmates on a better path once they're released. This study of the IGNITE program in Flint, MI, is a welcome and inspiring addition, in that context. Check out my interview w @instrumenthull!
I had a lot of fun talking to @jenniferdoleac on her Probable Causation podcast about the IGNITE program: an innovative jail-based rehabilitative program in Flint, Michigan
probablecausation.com/podcasts/episo…
Our main findings:
-Abusive men suppress women’s economic outcomes from the start of relationships -
-It’s a repeated pattern that even happens when abusers cohabit with women who don’t report abuse themselves
- Economic abuse is partly strategically motivated
Our main findings:
-Abusive men suppress women’s economic outcomes from the start of relationships -
-It’s a repeated pattern that even happens when abusers cohabit with women who don’t report abuse themselves
- Economic abuse is partly strategically motivated
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