Preventing Youth Violence and Dropout in the United States

Researchers:
Roseanna Ander
Philip J. Cook
Kenneth Dodge
George Farkas
Jonathan Guryan
Sara Heller
Jens Ludwig
Susan Mayer
Sendhil Mullainathan
Harold Pollack
Anuj Shah
Laurence Steinberg
Fieldwork by:
Location:
Chicago, United States of America
Sample:
2,740 youth
Timeline:
2009 - 2010
Target group:
  • Students
  • Men and boys
  • Urban population
  • Youth
  • People with a criminal record
Outcome of interest:
  • Arrests and convictions
  • Dropout and graduation
Intervention type:
  • Psychosocial support
AEA RCT registration number:
https://www.socialscienceregistry.org/trials/1969
Research papers:
Partners:
Heller, Sara, Harold A. Pollack, Roseanna Ander, and Jens Ludwig. “Preventing Youth Violence and Dropout: A Randomized Field Experiment.� NBER Working Paper No. 19014, May 2013. Heller, Sara B., Anuj K. Shah, Jonathan Guryan, Jens Ludwig, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Harold A. Pollack. "Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago." NBER Working Paper #21178, May 2015.