Probable Causation

By Jennifer Doleac

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Episodes: 172


 May 2, 2019

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A show about law, economics, and crime. Hosted by Jennifer Doleac, economist and author of The Science of Second Chances: A Revolution in Criminal Justice.


Episode Date
Episode 128: Diogo Britto on job loss and criminal behavior in Brazil
Sep 22, 2026
Episode 127: Manisha Shah on reducing intimate partner violence among young people in Tanzania
Jun 30, 2026
Episode 126: Juan Vargas on the unintended consequences of an anti-drug policy in Colombia
Jun 02, 2026
Episode 125: David Phillips on the effects of free public transit
May 05, 2026
Bonus episode 16: Jennifer Doleac and Kathryn Paige Harden in conversation about their new books
Apr 07, 2026
Episode 124: Steeve Marchand on the effects of prison programs
Mar 10, 2026
Episode 123: Ezra Golberstein on school-based mental health services
Feb 10, 2026
Episode 104: Oeindrila Dube on cognitive behavioral training for police (REBROADCAST)
Jan 13, 2026
Episode 122: Vijetha Koppa on Lethality Assessment Programs
Dec 16, 2025
Episode 121: Peter Blair on occupational licenses as information about criminal records
Nov 18, 2025
Episode 120: Joseph Doyle on improving foster care outcomes
Oct 21, 2025
Bonus episode 15: Jens Ludwig on his book, Unforgiving Places
Sep 23, 2025
Episode 119: Elin Colmsjö on how health shocks affect criminal behavior
Aug 26, 2025
Episode 118: Sekou Keita on media reporting policies, crime, and immigration
Jul 29, 2025
Episode 117: Nour Abdul-Razzak on cognitive behavioral therapy for at-risk youth
Jul 01, 2025
Episode 116: Crystal Yang on accreditation of jail-based health care
Jun 03, 2025
Episode 115: Steve Mello on the long-term financial consequences of small fines
May 06, 2025
Episode 114: Rachel Nesbit on mandating mental health treatment for probationers
Apr 08, 2025
Episode 113: Peter Hull on a jail-based education program called IGNITE
Mar 11, 2025
Episode 112: Abi Adams on economic abuse and intimate partner violence
Feb 11, 2025
Episode 84: Alex Albright on bail reform (REBROADCAST)
Jan 14, 2025
Episode 111: Roman Rivera on electronic monitoring during the pretrial period
Dec 17, 2024
Episode 110: Aurélie Ouss on misaligned incentives in the criminal justice system
Nov 19, 2024
Episode 109: Anjali Adukia on restorative justice practices in schools
Oct 22, 2024
Episode 13: Ariel White on short jail spells and subsequent voting behavior (REBROADCAST)
Sep 24, 2024
Episode 7: Jeff Weaver on the effects of parental and sibling incarceration (REBROADCAST)
Aug 27, 2024
Episode 108: Emma Rackstraw on "Copaganda"
Jul 30, 2024
Episode 107: David Macdonald on truth-in-sentencing policies
Jul 02, 2024
Episode 106: Ryan Sakoda on post-release supervision
Jun 04, 2024
Episode 105: Amanda Agan on how sealing criminal records affects employment
May 07, 2024
Episode 104: Oeindrila Dube on cognitive behavioral training for police
Apr 09, 2024
Episode 35: Erich Muehlegger on air pollution and crime (REBROADCAST)
Mar 12, 2024
Episode 21: Aurelie Ouss on reducing failures-to-appear in court (REBROADCAST)
Feb 27, 2024
Episode 103: Marguerite Burns and Laura Dague on Medicaid access and recidivism
Feb 13, 2024
Episode 102: William Arbour on prison-based behavioral programs
Jan 30, 2024
Episode 31: Randi Hjalmarsson on jury decision-making (REBROADCAST)
Jan 16, 2024
Episode 25: Sara Heller on summer youth employment programs (REBROADCAST)
Jan 02, 2024
Episode 101: Xinming Du on social media content and offline violence
Dec 19, 2023
Episode 100: Marina Gorzig and Deborah Rho on renter protection policies
Dec 05, 2023
Episode 99: Ben Feigenberg on class disparities in traffic stops
Nov 21, 2023
Episode 98: Evan Rose on community supervision
Nov 07, 2023
Episode 67: David Phillips on mental health care for people released from jail (REBROADCAST)
Oct 24, 2023
Episode 20: J.J. Prescott on sex offender registries (REBROADCAST)
Oct 10, 2023
Episode 36: Ellora Derenoncourt on the Great Migration and economic mobility (REBROADCAST)
Sep 26, 2023
Episode 60: Elisa Jácome on access to mental health care (REBROADCAST)
Sep 12, 2023
Episode 47: Greg Midgette on the 24/7 Sobriety program (REBROADCAST)
Aug 15, 2023
Episode 43: Elizabeth Linos on police recruiting (REBROADCAST)
Aug 01, 2023
Episode 8: Amanda Agan on Ban the Box policies (REBROADCAST)
Jul 18, 2023
Episode 97: Allison Stashko on prosecutor elections and police accountability
Jul 04, 2023
Episode 96: Andreas Kotsadam on jobs and intimate partner violence
Jun 20, 2023
Episode 95: Marcella Alsan on fear and the social safety net
Jun 06, 2023
Episode 94: Jesse Bruhn on the effects of gangs in Chicago
May 23, 2023
Episode 93: Justin Holz on peer effects in police use of force
May 09, 2023
Episode 92: Laura Khoury on the mental health effects of prison in Norway
Apr 25, 2023
Bonus episode: Joanna Schwartz on accountability for police misconduct
Apr 18, 2023
Episode 91: Allison Harris on registering returning citizens to vote
Apr 11, 2023
Episode 90: Matthew Ross on police field training
Mar 28, 2023
Episode 89: Graeme Blair on community policing in the Global South
Mar 14, 2023
Episode 88: Sara Heller and Max Kapustin on reducing gun violence
Feb 28, 2023
Episode 87: Emily Nix on violence against women at work
Feb 14, 2023
Episode 7: Jeff Weaver on the effects of parental and sibling incarceration (REBROADCAST)
Jan 31, 2023
Episode 3: Analisa Packham on syringe exchange programs (REBROADCAST)
Jan 17, 2023
Episode 86: Elizabeth Luh on financial penalties
Jan 03, 2023
Episode 85: Sofia Amaral on reducing street harassment in India
Dec 20, 2022
Episode 84: Alex Albright on bail reform
Dec 06, 2022
Episode 83: Kevin Wilson on DC’s 911 nurse triage line
Nov 22, 2022
Episode 82: Kirabo Jackson on the multiple dimensions of school quality
Nov 08, 2022
Episode 81: Anita Mukherjee on how heat affects violence in prisons
Oct 25, 2022
Episode 80: Thomas Dee on sending health workers to 911 calls
Oct 11, 2022
Episode 22: Phil Levine on gun exposure and accidental shootings (REBROADCAST)
Sep 27, 2022
Episode 35: Erich Muehlegger on air pollution and crime (REBROADCAST)
Sep 13, 2022
Episode 79: Jenny Williams on electronic monitoring
Aug 30, 2022
Episode 78: Sandip Sukhtankar on Women’s Help Desks in police stations in India
Aug 16, 2022
Episode 77: Elizabeth Linos on reducing burnout for 911 dispatchers
Aug 02, 2022
Episode 76: Tim Moore on the long-term effects of the crack cocaine epidemic
Jul 19, 2022
Episode 75: Panka Bencsik on diversion for drug possession arrests
Jul 05, 2022
Episode 74: Bryan Stuart on social connectedness and crime
Jun 21, 2022
Episode 73: Danila Serra on ethics training for police in Ghana
Jun 07, 2022
Episode 72: Manasi Deshpande on SSI benefits and crime
May 24, 2022
Bonus episode: Chris Blattman on why we fight
May 17, 2022
Episode 71: Zoë Cullen on increasing employment for people with criminal records
May 10, 2022
Episode 70: Pedro Souza on police body-worn cameras
Apr 26, 2022
Episode 21: Aurelie Ouss on reducing failures-to-appear in court (REBROADCAST)
Apr 12, 2022
Episode 31: Randi Hjalmarsson on jury decision-making (REBROADCAST)
Mar 29, 2022
Episode 69: Molly Schnell on school shootings
Mar 15, 2022
Bonus episode: Sarah Lageson on digital punishment
Mar 08, 2022
Episode 68: Andrew Barr on nutritional assistance in early childhood
Mar 01, 2022
Episode 67: David Phillips on mental health care for people released from jail
Feb 15, 2022
Episode 66: Aaron Chalfin on what motivates police officers
Feb 01, 2022
Episode 65: Felipe Goncalves on whether police make too many arrests
Jan 18, 2022
Episode 64: Jason Baron on foster care placement
Jan 04, 2022
Episode 63: Elizabeth Luh on detecting racial bias in police stops
Dec 21, 2021
Episode 62: Yotam Shem-Tov on restorative justice diversion programs
Dec 07, 2021
Episode 61: Santiago Tobón on gang rule
Nov 23, 2021
Episode 60: Elisa Jácome on access to mental health care
Nov 09, 2021
Episode 14: Aaron Chalfin on street lighting and crime (REBROADCAST)
Oct 26, 2021
Bonus episode: Carissa Byrne Hessick on plea bargaining
Oct 19, 2021
Episode 25: Sara Heller on summer youth employment programs (REBROADCAST)
Oct 12, 2021
Episode 59: Kerri Raissian on domestic violence courts
Sep 28, 2021
Episode 58: Jennifer Doleac on DNA databases
Sep 14, 2021
Episode 57: Giovanni Mastrobuoni on predictive policing
Aug 31, 2021
Episode 56: Gaurav Khanna on employment and crime in Colombia
Aug 17, 2021
Episode 55: Morgan Williams Jr. on the race-specific effects of policing
Aug 03, 2021
Bonus episode: Hannah Walker on criminal justice contact and political participation
Jul 27, 2021
Episode 54: Carolina Arteaga on parental incarceration
Jul 20, 2021
Episode 53: Heyu Xiong on how legalizing marijuana affects marijuana dealers
Jul 06, 2021
Bonus episode: Gregg Caruso on free will and punishment
Jun 29, 2021
Episode 52: Katherine Eriksson on Rosenwald schools
Jun 22, 2021
Episode 51: Amanda Agan and Anna Harvey on misdemeanor prosecution
Jun 08, 2021
Episode 13: Ariel White on short jail spells and subsequent voting behavior (REBROADCAST)
May 25, 2021
Episode 6: Manisha Shah on criminalizing sex work (REBROADCAST)
May 11, 2021
Episode 50: Desmond Ang on the effects of police violence
Apr 27, 2021
Episode 49: Michael Makowsky on the minimum wage, EITC, and recidivism
Apr 13, 2021
Episode 48: Cody Tuttle on SNAP benefits and recidivism
Mar 30, 2021
Episode 47: Greg Midgette on the 24/7 Sobriety program
Mar 16, 2021
Bonus episode: Erin Kelly on punishment and responsibility
Mar 09, 2021
Episode 46: Anna Harvey on reducing racial disparities in crime victimization
Mar 02, 2021
Episode 45: Conrad Miller on racial disparities in sentencing
Feb 16, 2021
Bonus episode: Sarah Brayne on police surveillance
Feb 09, 2021
Episode 44: Arianna Ornaghi on how local news coverage affects policing
Feb 02, 2021
Episode 43: Elizabeth Linos on police recruiting
Jan 19, 2021
Episode 16: Stephen Billings on lead and crime (REBROADCAST)
Jan 05, 2021
Episode 8: Amanda Agan on Ban the Box (REBROADCAST)
Dec 22, 2020
Bonus episode: David Skarbek on the social order of prisons
Dec 15, 2020
Episode 42: Andrea Velasquez on how crime affects risk aversion
Dec 08, 2020
Episode 41: Matthew Lindquist on the health effects of prison
Nov 24, 2020
Episode 40: Emily Leslie on COVID and domestic violence
Nov 10, 2020
Episode 39: Anna Bindler on the labor market effects of crime victimization
Oct 27, 2020
Episode 38: CarlyWill Sloan on racial bias in policing
Oct 13, 2020
Episode 37: Jamein Cunningham on legal services for the poor
Sep 29, 2020
Episode 36: Ellora Derenoncourt on the Great Migration and economic mobility
Sep 15, 2020
Episode 35: Erich Muehlegger on air pollution and crime
Sep 01, 2020
Episode 34: David Phillips on emergency financial assistance
Aug 18, 2020
Episode 33: Jason Lindo on violent media content
Aug 04, 2020
Episode 32: Sarit Weisburd on police presence and crime
Jul 21, 2020
Episode 19: Jeremy West on racial bias in police investigations (REBROADCAST)
Jul 07, 2020
Episode 10: Emily Weisburst on police officers in schools (REBROADCAST)
Jun 23, 2020
Episode 31: Randi Hjalmarsson on jury decision-making
Jun 09, 2020
Episode 30: Brittany Street on economic opportunity and crime
May 26, 2020
Episode 29: Patricio Dominguez on the interactions of offenders and victims
May 12, 2020
Episode 28: Jillian Carr on SNAP benefit distribution and crime
Apr 28, 2020
Episode 27: Benjamin Hansen on marijuana legalization
Apr 14, 2020
Episode 26: Kirabo Jackson on single-sex education
Mar 31, 2020
Episode 25: Sara Heller on summer youth employment programs
Mar 17, 2020
Bonus episode: Adam Gelb on the Council on Criminal Justice
Mar 10, 2020
Episode 24: Logan Lee on residential housing programs
Mar 03, 2020
Bonus episode: Rachel Barkow
Feb 27, 2020
Episode 23: Lelys Dinarte on after-school programs in El Salvador
Feb 18, 2020
Episode 22: Phil Levine on gun exposure and accidental shootings
Feb 04, 2020
Episode 21: Aurelie Ouss on reducing failures-to-appear in court
Jan 21, 2020
Episode 20: J.J. Prescott on sex offender registries
Jan 07, 2020
Episode 19: Jeremy West on racial bias in police investigations
Dec 24, 2019
Episode 18: Maya Rossin-Slater on the effects of violent assault during pregnancy
Dec 10, 2019
Episode 17: Ana Tur-Prats on how historical family types affect intimate partner violence today
Nov 26, 2019
Episode 16: Stephen Billings on lead and crime
Nov 12, 2019
Coming soon: Interviews with book authors
Nov 01, 2019
Episode 15: Mica Sviatschi on the effects of criminal gangs in El Salvador
Oct 29, 2019
Episode 14: Aaron Chalfin on street lighting and crime
Oct 15, 2019
Episode 13: Ariel White on short jail spells and subsequent voting behavior
Oct 01, 2019
Episode 12: Michael Lovenheim on grade retention and students' criminal activity
Sep 17, 2019
Episode 11: Steven Raphael on sentencing reform in California
Sep 03, 2019
Episode 10: Emily Weisburst on police officers in schools
Aug 20, 2019
Episode 9: Mike Mueller-Smith on the Criminal Justice Administrative Records System (CJARS)
Aug 06, 2019
Episode 8: Amanda Agan on Ban the Box
Jul 23, 2019
Episode 7: Jeff Weaver on the effects of parental and sibling incarceration
Jul 09, 2019
Episode 6: Manisha Shah on criminalizing sex work
Jun 25, 2019
Episode 5: Kevin Schnepel on diversion from felony conviction
Jun 11, 2019
Episode 4: Megan Stevenson on cash bail
May 28, 2019
Episode 3: Analisa Packham on syringe exchange programs
May 14, 2019
Episode 2: Eric Chyn on moving to better neighborhoods
Apr 30, 2019
Episode 1: Chloe Gibbs on the intergenerational effects of Head Start
Apr 16, 2019
Episode 0: Promo
Mar 27, 2019