Economics of Crime Working Group Meeting
Organized by Jens Ludwig and Crystal Yang
Supported by Arnold Ventures
February 7, 2025
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Charles A, 40 Edwin H. Land Blvd., Cambridge, MA and Zoom
Format: The total time of 50 min will be interspersed with Q&A from the audience. The author will be given the first 10 min at the beginning to present uninterrupted.

Friday, February 7

8:30 am

Continental Breakfast

9:00 am

Mobile Crisis Response Teams Support Better Policing: Evidence from CAHOOTS

Jonathan M.V. Davis, University of Oregon
Samuel Norris, University of British Columbia
Jadon Schmitt, University of Oregon
Yotam Shem-Tov, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
Chelsea Strickland, Texas A&M University

9:50 am

What Fueled the Illicit Opioid Epidemic? New Evidence from a Takeover of White Powder Heroin Markets

Adam K. Soliman, Clemson University
J. Travis Donahoe, University of Pittsburgh

10:40 am

Break

10:55 am

The Effect of a Large Prescription Opioid Diversion Event on Opioid Mortality in the U.S.

David Bradford, University of Georgia
Felipe Lozano Rojas, University of Georgia

11:45 am

Lunch - Parkview Room

12:45 pm

Transforming Criminal Justice Responses to Substance Use: Impacts on Crime, Housing, and Health Outcomes

Ashna Arora, Arnold Ventures
Panka Bencsik, Vanderbilt University

1:35 pm

The Hidden Health Care Crisis Behind Bars: A Randomized Trial to Accredit U.S. Jails

Marcella Alsan, Harvard University and NBER
Crystal Yang, Harvard University and NBER

2:25 pm

Break

2:40 pm

Landing on Water: Air Interdiction, Drug-Trafficking Displacement, and Violence in the Brazilian Amazon

Leila A. R. Pereira, Insper
Rafael Pucci, University of São Paulo
Rodrigo R. Soares, Insper

3:30 pm

Adjourn