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Preventing Youth Violence and Dropout in the United States

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
In the United States, researchers evaluated the impact of a cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) program designed to teach high-risk male students in secondary schools to regulate harmful, automatic behaviors. Results demonstrated that the program led to a significant drop in arrests per student...
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Labor Market Opportunities and Violent Crime among Muslim Youth: Experimental Evidence from Northern Nigeria

Ben Crost
Oeindrila Dube
Marcus Holmlund
Eric Mvukiyehe
Caio Piza
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The Impact of a Comprehensive Re-entry Program on Employment and Recidivism in the United States

Anthony Braga
Philip J. Cook
Songman Kang
Jens Ludwig
Mallory O'Brien
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The Impact of Informational Interventions about Police Alternatives on Police Reliance in the United States

Bocar Ba
Meghna Baskar
Tony Cheng
Rei Mariman
Researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of providing information about police alternatives on individuals' reported likelihood of calling the police and a follow-up randomized evaluation to understand key public-safety stakeholders’ receptiveness of police alternatives. The...
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Médiation sociale pour la prévention de la violence et du harcèlement à l'école, en France

Yann Algan
Nina Guyon
Elise Huillery
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Impact of Digital Financial Education and Information Provision on Gender-Based Violence in Colombia

Orazio Attanasio
Mathew Bird
Lina Cardona
Pablo Lavado
In Colombia, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impact of a messaging-based program via WhatsApp focused on financial education, couples’ communication, and information provision on financial capability, women’s empowerment, and intimate partner violence.
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Community Policing, Citizen Feedback, and Public Trust in Pakistan

Ali Cheema
Ali Hasanain
Jacob Shapiro
It is unclear whether a gender-differentiated intervention may be more effective in reducing some or all types of crime. To better understand this issue, researchers are working with the local police force in two districts in Pakistan to study its effects on trust levels and occurrence of crime.
A group of teenagers working outside, wearing safety vests that say "One Summer Chicago" on the back, paint a brick wall blue.

How Boston’s Summer Employment Program Affects Youth Criminal Justice Outcomes

Alicia Sasser Modestino
Researchers evaluated whether Boston’s SYEP had an effect on the criminal justice outcomes of participants and sought to gauge the potential mechanisms driving these effects. The program reduced participants’ violent and property crime-related arraignments.