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🎧 Hear more about Professor Amanda Agan's research on how sealing criminal records affects employment on the Probable Causation podcast: probablecausation.com/podcasts/episo…

I’ve been skeptical of restorative justice. But recent studies, including this one, are changing my mind about its potential to make communities safer. Check out my interview with Anjali Adukia about the rollout of restorative practices across the Chicago Public School system.

Episode 110: Aurelie Ouss on misaligned incentives in the criminal justice system probablecausation.com/podcasts/episo…

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about perverse incentives in the CJ system, and how to fix them. So, I was excited to talk with Aurelie Ouss. She measured what happened when CA changed which level of government paid for juvenile incarceration costs - the state (which operates

For those interested in learning more about some of our prior work on the impacts of restorative justice in schools, check out this Probable Causation podcast with Jennifer Doleac! The RA we hire will be working on the next phases of this larger project! x.com/ProbCausation/…

Episode 111: Roman Rivera on electronic monitoring during the pretrial period. probablecausation.com/podcasts/episo…

Other countries use electronic monitoring as an alternative to incarceration, with great success (less crime at way lower cost). Would it work in the US as well? I hope so! Check out my interview with Roman Rivera about the use of EM in Chicago for pretrial defendants.

David Evans Jennifer Doleac ECON5k Thanks, David Evans! (And thanks to Jennifer Doleac Probable Causation for the opportunity to discuss this work with ChicagoPublicSchools evaluated by Ben Feigenberg, Fatemeh Momeni, and me!) :) For anyone interested, a link to the full paper can be found here: bfi.uchicago.edu/wp-content/upl…

Episode 112: Abi Adams on economic abuse and intimate partner violence probablecausation.com/podcasts/episo…

This important study considers economic abuse/coercive control as a precursor to physical violence in relationships. Another chapter in a fascinating and consequential research agenda on GBV, from this dream team of economists! Check out my interview with Abi Adams for more.

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

I had a lot of fun talking to Jennifer Doleac on her Probable Causation podcast about the IGNITE program: an innovative jail-based rehabilitative program in Flint, Michigan probablecausation.com/podcasts/episo…

Episode 113: Peter Hull on a jail-based education program called IGNITE probablecausation.com/podcasts/episo…

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 Peter Hull!

Episode 114: Rachel Nesbit on mandating mental health treatment for probationers. probablecausation.com/podcasts/episo…

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

Episode 115: Steve Mello on the long-term financial impacts of small criminal justice fines. probablecausation.com/podcasts/episo…

Prof. Steve Mello on "Fines and Financial Wellbeing.