SI 2020 Crime

Philip J. Cook and Jens Ludwig, Organizers

July 15-17, 2020

on Zoom.us

Conference Code of Conduct

Wednesday, July 15
Format: 25 minutes for presenters, 10 minutes for the discussant, 15 minutes for open Q&A
10:30 am
David Arnold, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Will S. Dobbie, Harvard University and NBER
Peter Hull, Brown University and NBER

Measuring Racial Discrimination in Bail Decisions
Discussant: John J. Donohue, Stanford University and NBER
11:20 am
Jeffrey Grogger, University of Chicago and NBER
Ria Ivandic, London School of Economics
Tom Kirchmaier, London School of Economics

Comparing Conventional and Machine-Learning Approaches to Risk Assessment in Domestic Abuse Cases
Discussant: John Pepper, University of Virginia (slides)
12:10 pm
Break
12:30 pm
Aria Golestani
Emily G. Owens, University of California, Irvine
Kerri Raissian, University of Connecticut

Specialization in Criminal Courts: Evaluating Impact of Domestic Violence Courts in Nashville, Tennessee (slides)
Discussant: Anna Aizer, Brown University and NBER (slides)
1:20 pm
Sara Heller, University of Michigan and NBER
Zubin Jelveh, University of Maryland
Benjamin Jakubowski, New York University
Max Kapustin, Cornell University and NBER

The Lessons and Limits of Predicting Shooting Victimization
Discussant: Greg Ridgeway, University of Pennsylvania
2:10 pm
Adjourn
Thursday, July 16
9:40 am
Gregory DeAngelo, Claremont Graduate University
Marina Toger, Uppsala University
Sarit Weisburd, The Hebrew University

Police Response Time and Injury Outcomes (slides)
Discussant: Shawn Bushway, RAND Corporation (slides)
10:30 am
Daniel S. Nagin, Carnegie Mellon University
Greg Pogarsky, State University of New York at Albany

Idiosyncratically Coherent Sanction Risk Perceptions and Deterrence
Discussant: Morgan C. Williams Jr., Barnard College
11:20 am
Mark Hoekstra, Baylor University and NBER
CarlyWill Sloan, United States Military Academy at West Point

Does Race Matter for Police Use of Force? Evidence from 911 calls
Discussant: felipe_goncelves
12:10 pm
Break
12:30 pm
Benjamin Feigenberg, University of Illinois Chicago and NBER
Conrad Miller, University of California, Berkeley and NBER

Racial Profiling Without Efficiency Gains: Evidence from Motor Vehicle Searches
Discussant: Ian Ayres, Yale University
1:20 pm
Giovanni Facchini, University of Nottingham
Brian G. Knight, Brown University and NBER
Cecilia Testa, University of Nottingham

The Franchise, Policing, and Race: Evidence from Arrests Data and the Voting Rights Act
Discussant: Patrick Bayer, Duke University and NBER
2:10 pm
Adjourn
Friday, July 17
10:30 am
Maxim N. Massenkoff, Naval Postgraduate School
Evan Rose, University of Chicago and NBER

Family Formation and Crime
Discussant: Robert Sampson, Harvard University
11:20 am
Zoë B. Cullen, Harvard University and NBER
Will S. Dobbie, Harvard University and NBER
Mitchell Hoffman, University of California, Santa Barbara and NBER

Measuring Labor Demand for Workers with a Criminal Conviction
Discussant: Melvin Stephens Jr., University of Michigan and NBER
12:10 pm
Break
12:30 pm
Richard Disney, University College London
John Gathergood, University of Nottingham
Stephen Machin, London School of Economics
Matteo Sandi, London School of Economics

Does Homeownership Reduce Crime? A Radical Housing Reform in Britain
Discussant: Ingrid Ellen, New York University (slides)
1:20 pm
Andrew Hicks, Boston University
Stephen B. Billings, University of Colorado
David J. Deming, Harvard University and NBER

The School to Prison Pipeline: Long-Run Impacts of School Suspensions on Adult Crime
Discussant: Christopher R. Walters, University of California, Berkeley and NBER (slides)
2:10 pm
Adjourn
Wednesday, July 22
10:00 am
David Arnold, University of California, San Diego and NBER
Will S. Dobbie, Harvard University and NBER
Peter Hull, Brown University and NBER

Measuring Racial Discrimination in Bail Decisions (slides)
Discussant: Matthew Gentzkow, Stanford University and NBER (slides)