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5 Strategies for Evidence-Based Policymaking

There's plenty of bipartisan support for the idea. But how do you go about building a system of evidence-based policymaking, especially in an era of tight budgets and hard choices? In this op-ed, our executive director Quentin Palfrey offers five concrete steps that state and local policymakers can...

Audio: On the Knife's Edge: Using Therapy To Address Violence Among Teens

NPR
Listen to an NPR segment with Jens Ludwig, Co-Chair of J-PAL's Crime, Violence, and Conflict sector, on his research on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with youth in Chicago.

Testing strategies for preventing violence and crime

J-PAL North America is funding two new randomized evaluations to test behavioral science strategies designed to nudge high-risk individuals away from crime and violence. Anuj Shah and Aurélie Ouss (University of Chicago) will evaluate an app created to lead at-risk youth to participate in safe...