Thursday, July 28
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
Morning session joint with Law and Economics
8:30 am

The Effect of Field Training Officers on Police Use of Force

Chandon Adger, Texas A&M University-College Station
Matthew B. Ross, Northeastern University
CarlyWill Sloan, United States Military Academy at West Point

Discussant:
Jeffrey Grogger, University of Chicago and NBER
9:30 am

Measuring Effects of Conviction and Incarceration on Recidivism using Multi-Treatment Random Judge Designs

John Eric Humphries, Yale University and NBER
Aurelie Ouss, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
Megan T. Stevenson, University of Virginia
Winnie van Dijk, Yale University and NBER
Kamelia Stavreva, Columbia University

Discussant:
Vishal Kamat, Toulouse School of Economics
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

Effects of COVID-19 Shutdowns on Domestic Violence in US Cities

Amalia R. Miller, University of Virginia and NBER
Carmit Segal, University of Zurich
Melissa K. Spencer, University of Richmond

Discussant:
Emily C. Leslie, Brigham Young University
11:45 am

Training to Meet the Cognitive Demands of Policing

Oeindrila Dube, University of Chicago and NBER
Anuj K. Shah, University of Chicago
Sandy Jo MacArthur, University of Chicago Crime Lab

Discussant:
Felipe M. Gonçalves, University of California, Los Angeles and NBER
12:45 pm
Lunch
1:45 pm

Proud to Belong: The Impact of Ethics Training on Police Officers

Donna Harris, Oxford University
Oana Borcan, University of East Anglia
Danila Serra, Texas A&M University
Henry Telli, International Growth Centre
Bruno Schettini, Brazil Ministry of Education
Stefan Dercon, University of Oxford

Discussant:
Christopher Blattman, University of Chicago and NBER
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm

The Impact of Affirmative Action Litigation on Police Killings of Civilians

Robynn J.A. Cox, University of California, Riverside
Jamein P. Cunningham, University of Texas at Austin
Alberto Ortega, Indiana University and NBER

Discussant:
Mark Hoekstra, Baylor University and NBER
4:00 pm

Measuring Intergenerational Exposure to the U.S. Justice System: Evidence from Longitudinal Links between Survey and Administrative Data

Keith Finlay, U.S. Census Bureau
Michael G. Mueller-Smith, University of Michigan and NBER
Brittany Street, University of Missouri

Discussant:
Will S. Dobbie, Harvard University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 29
8:00 am
Coffee and Pastries
8:30 am

Where Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Policing Come From: The Spatial Concentration of Arrests Across Six Cities

Roland Neil, University of Pennsylvania
John MacDonald, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant:
Anne Piehl, Rutgers University and NBER
9:30 am

Black Lives: The High Cost of Segregation

Robynn J.A. Cox, University of California, Riverside
Jamein P. Cunningham, University of Texas at Austin
Alberto Ortega, Indiana University and NBER
Kenneth Whaley, University of South Florida

Discussant:
Desmond Ang, Harvard University and NBER
10:30 am
Break
10:45 am

Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago

Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago and NBER
Monica P. Bhatt, University of Chicago
Christopher Blattman, University of Chicago and NBER
Sara B. Heller, University of Michigan and NBER
Max Kapustin, Cornell University and NBER

Discussant:
Peter Hull, Brown University and NBER
11:45 am

No Money Bail, No Problems? Trade-offs in a Pretrial Automatic Release Program

Alex P. Albright, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Discussant:
Aurelie Ouss, University of Pennsylvania and NBER
12:45 pm
Lunch
1:45 pm

In-Group Bias in the Indian Judiciary: Evidence from 5 Million Criminal Cases (slides)

Elliott Ash, ETH Zurich
Sam Asher, Imperial College London
Aditi Bhowmick, Harvard University
Sandeep Bhupatiraju, World Bank
Daniel Chen, Toulouse School of Economics
Tanaya Devi, Equal Opportunity Ventures
Christoph K. Goessmann, ETH Zurich
Paul Novosad, Dartmouth College
Bilal Siddiqi, The Life You Can Save

Discussant:
Conrad Miller, University of California, Berkeley and NBER
2:45 pm
Break
3:00 pm

Public School Funding, School Quality, and Adult Crime

E. Jason Baron, Duke University and NBER
Joshua M. Hyman, Amherst College
Brittany N. Vasquez, University of Michigan

Discussant:
Caroline M. Hoxby, Stanford University and NBER
4:00 pm

The Impact of Defense Counsel at Bail Hearings

Shamena Anwar, RAND Corporation
Shawn Bushway, University at Albany
John Engberg, RAND Corporation

Discussant:
Amanda Y. Agan, Cornell University and NBER
5:00 pm
Adjourn