#83 Classic episode - Jennifer Doleac on preventing crime without police and prisons

<b>Rebroadcast: this episode was originally released in July 2020.</b><p> Today’s guest, Jennifer Doleac — Associate Professor of Economics at Texas A&M University, and Director of the Justice Tech Lab — is an expert on empirical research into policing, law and incarceration. In this extensive interview, she highlights three ways to effectively prevent crime that don't require police or prisons and the human toll they bring with them: better street lighting, cognitive behavioral therapy, and lead reduction.</p><p> One of Jennifer’s papers used switches into and out of daylight saving time as a 'natural experiment' to measure the effe...