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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, October 1, at 1pm ET. Paulo Matos will present: "We Have Your Back? Discretion in Police Discipline and Peer Effects on Officer Misconduct"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, September 24, at 1pm ET. Stroud Payne will present: "The Effects of County-Level Naloxone Distribution on Drug Usage and Health Outcomes: Evidence from Indiana"

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Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

An impressive variety of interesting talks. Academia at its best.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The full ViCE seminar for this fall is now set:

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Some professional news: I've joined Renaissance Philanthropy to build a fund focused on reducing crime and violence, in the US and around the world. I'm so excited to get started. You can read more here: probablecausation.substack.com/p/whats-next...

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, September 17, at 1pm ET. Rui Costa will present: "Gangsta’s Paradise: Prisons and Gang Recruitment in Brazil"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, September 10, at 1pm ET. Johanna Lacoe will present: "Safety Net Access and Reintegration: Evidence from California’s Felony Drug Ban Repeal"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

If you're on the market this year with a crime/CJ-related paper, and you're not yet on the ViCE schedule, email me!

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Just posted: the ViCE seminar fall schedule. 🤓 It includes several job market candidates! Come see what they're working on. A few people/slots might move around later in the fall but the next few weeks are nailed down.

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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Could not agree more with @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social. I have had the exact same conversation dozens of times with journalists and I hate it every time. probablecausation.substack.com/p/stop-askin...

probablecausation.substack.com

Stop asking why crime rates went up or down.

Ask this other, better question instead.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, September 3, at 1pm ET. Jorgen Harris will present: "Evaluating the Impact of College-in-Prison Programs on the Behavior and Rehabilitation of Incarcerated Individuals"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, August 27, at 1pm ET. Kennedy Johnston will present: "The Under-Reporting of Sexual Assault: An Experiment on Victims, Perpetrators, and Social Judgment"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, August 20, at 1pm ET. Giovanna Úbida will present: "Alternative Justice, Unintended Harms: How Fast-Track Non-Prosecution Criminal Justice Affects Domestic Violence"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

New post! Why cameras are good, and an RFP that might be of interest to crime economists.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

The next ViCE seminar is TOMORROW, Thursday, August 6, at 1pm ET. María Montoya-Aguirre will present: "Drug Lords in STEM"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Anthropic has launched a new fund for ambitious economics research projects studying AI-related transitions in the labor market, etc. My hot take: few people have thought more about how to put those on the margins of the labor market on a better path than crime economists.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

A group of crime economists is launching an Association for Crime Economics. It's about time this field got the official structure it deserves! Huge thanks to Amanda Agan and others for doing this. Want to stay in the loop? Sign up for updates here: rhahn-niskanen.github.io/Association-...

rhahn-niskanen.github.io

Association for Crime Economics

A proposed professional organization advancing the economic analysis of crime, criminal justice, and public safety. Join our mailing list.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Dispatch from my summer vacation. What I’m reading, plus some new interviews about my book. Link in comments.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

If you'll be on the econ job market this fall with a paper related to crime, the criminal justice system, or people with criminal records, and would like to present it in the ViCE seminar, email me! (My address is on my website.)

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, July 23, at 1pm ET. Katherine Kwok will present: "All SROs are not created equal: Heterogeneity in school policing"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, July 16, at 1pm ET. Roman Rivera will present: "The Price of Corrupt Justice: Evidence from Progressive Era Chicago"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Academic friends: I’m digging into the literature on how economic shocks affect crime and criminal behavior. I of course have access to everything that’s been published, but if you are working on an ongoing project relevant to this question, please send it to me!

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I’m putting Probable Causation on YouTube, beginning with the 7(!) year archive. (Working through it in the coming months.) This has been a fun project that has taught me a lot about my new friend Claude. 🤖 Please like or subscribe to help others find the show! www.youtube.com/channel/UCe3...

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Probable Causation

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

As I transition out of Arnold Ventures, I’m beginning to migrate my ViCE seminar email list to Substack. If you’d like to receive information about the weekly seminar, including registration links, sign up below!

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

New post! On building a research pipeline to figure out what works in the public safety space. Plus: a project I'm especially excited about, related to FGG analysis to solve more crimes.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, July 2, at 1pm ET. Miguel de Figueiredo will present: "Police Drones: An Empirical Analysis"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

It was a delight to join the Fighting Crime podcast to talk about the impacts of law enforcement DNA databases. My research from Denmark shows that adding people charged with felony offenses to these databases has a huge deterrent effect on crime!

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

New post! On convenings as catalytic investments, and how to measure their ROI.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, June 25, at 1pm ET. Marcus Gehrsitz will present: "From Custody to Community: Post-Release Supervision and Re-Offending"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, June 18, at 1pm ET. Owen Thompson will present: "Extending Childhood in the Criminal Justice System"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

New post! On incubating scalable solutions to problems like gender-based violence.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, June 11, at 1pm ET. David Murphy will present: "Alcohol, Conflict, and the Household: Evidence from a Randomized Counseling Intervention"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

It’s time for another big leap! I’m leaving Arnold Ventures this summer. Ready for a new adventure. ✨

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, June 4, at 1pm ET. CarlyWill Sloan will present: "More with Less: The Impact of Mandatory Overtime on Police Wellness and Productivity"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, May 28, at 1pm ET. Jacob Harris will present: "Margins of Punishment: Is the Mark of a Conviction Uniquely Criminogenic?"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I've started a Substack! In "Probable Causation: The Newsletter," I'll share regular updates on what I'm thinking about in the evidence-based public safety space. Please subscribe and share! First post linked below.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, May 21, at 1pm ET. Rocco Macchiavello will present: "(Managing) Violence Across UK Prisons"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

I'll be at the ASEBP conference this week, giving the "opening remarks" on Thursday morning. If you'll also be there, come find me then or at the reception Thursday evening. Looking forward to catching up with friends and colleagues!

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 16/05/2026

Just updated: This spreadsheet of crime-related papers published in top econ journals. docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Crime papers

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, May 7, at 1pm ET. Max Kapustin will present: "We're Building Something Here: Reducing Gun Violence Without Exacerbating the Harms of Policing in Baltimore's Western District"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, April 30, at 1pm ET. Juliet-Nil Uraz will present: "Justice Under Austerity: The Impacts of Reduced Access to Legal Assistance in England and Wales"

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Shelly Lundberg @shellyjlundberg.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

The publisher of my book, How Economics Discovered Women, is providing a 30% discount for online preorders as of today: UCPSAVE30.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Reminder: Arnold Ventures has a standing RFP for causal research related to crime, the CJ system, and people with criminal records. The first step is just a 3-page LOI. We've tried to keep it simple, and aim to give you an answer in ~3 months.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The next ViCE seminar is this Thursday, April 16, at 1pm ET. Gerrit von Zedlitz will present: "Police Officer Identification and Misconduct"

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

I'm putting together the summer schedule for the ViCE seminar (link below). Have a working paper related to crime or criminal justice policy that you'd like to present? Send it to me! (Papers measuring causal effects are the best fit.)

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Did you know that the Criminal Justice team at Arnold Ventures hosts a Slack channel for researchers, where we broadcast research ideas/opportunities and requests for research help from practitioners/lawmakers? Great resource for PhD students and junior scholars.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

This week I was in Phoenix, talking with folks about electronic monitoring as an alternative to incarceration, among other things. Prison is super expensive! When we can use EM instead, we should.

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Jennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

The latest ViCE seminar schedule is online. Looking forward to digging into these papers!

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Florian Ederer @florianederer.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

I like conferences in general, but I can't remember one that I enjoyed and where I learned as much as the Arnold Ventures BRIDGE event on online harassment and stalking. So inspiring to meet researchers and practitioners in this field! @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social

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