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

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

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.

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-...

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

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.)

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"

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"

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!

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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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!

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.

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

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!

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

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"

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

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

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"

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

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"

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?"

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.

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

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!

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

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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"

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"

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