About this episode

Jen Doleac discusses the effectiveness of criminal rehabilitation policies and the role of data in shaping societal change.

Does “tough on crime” actually work? Could Ban the Box policies backfire? Jen Doleac, PhD, is Executive Vice President of Criminal Justice at Arnold Ventures, a philanthropy maximizing evidence based policy & minimizing injustice. She is an economist & the author of The Science of Second Chances who prefers the reliable lens of data over personal values & has a particular interest in how measurable data can give rise to positive societal change. In this episode, she break...

People in this episode

Host: Meredith Hackwith Edwards

Guest: Jen Doleac

Topics covered

• criminal justice
• rehabilitation
• data analysis
• policy
• societal change

Keywords

• criminal justice
• rehabilitation
• data
• policy
• societal change
• economist
• evidence-based

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Arnold Ventures

Books & works: The Science of Second Chances

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