# Jennifer Doleac
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jennifer doleac is an American economist and associate professor at Texas A&M Department of Economics, as well as Director of the Justice Tech Lab, a Nonresident Fellow in economics studies at the Brookings Institution, a research affiliate at the University of Chicago Crime Lab, and a research fellow at IZA. She specializes primarily in crime and racial discrimination. She hosts the podcast Probable Causation, which is about law, economics, and crime. She also co-organizes the "Online Seminar on Discrimination and Disparities."
== Education and career ==
jennifer doleac received her B.A. in Economics and Mathematics from Williams College in 2003.
Crime Prevention Strategies
In a new book, The Science of Second Chances, economist Jennifer Doleac puts criminal justice reform strategies under the microscope. Should prosecutors be lenient towards first offenders? Should probation ground-rules be strict and strictly enforced? Should persons convicted of a felony have thei…
Jennifer Doleac: The Science of Second Chances in Criminal Justice
Jennifer Doleac studies the economics of crime and discrimination. And when she considers criminal justice reform, she’s not only hopeful but actually optimistic that things can improve for the entire system as a whole. In her new book The Science of Second Chances, Doleac lays out her view of how …
471 | The Science of Second Chances w/Jennifer Doleac
Today, Hunter was joined by Jennifer Doleac, Executive VP of Criminal Justice at Arnold Ventures and author of the book, The Science of Second Chances. Throughout the episode, Hunter and Jennifer discuss the evidence that supports rehabilitation as a purpose of punishment, the lack of evidence to …
Fighting Crime Like an Economist
How can we make America safer and save money to boot? What approaches don't work and what can we steal from other countries? Jennifer Doleac is the executive vice president at Arnold Ventures in charge of criminal justice, and the author of "The Science of Second Chances, a Revolution in Criminal J…
Can Science Fix Criminal Justice?
America's criminal justice debate usually gets reduced to two options: abolish the system or lock everyone up forever. Economist Jennifer Doleac thinks the data point somewhere else entirely.
In this episode, Michael Shermer speaks with Doleac about what rigorous research can tell us about crime, …
The New Liberal Podcast's Best Books of 2026 (Part 1)
It's the semi-annual books episode! Jeremiah breaks down the best books he's read so far in the first half of 2026. He discusses books about the Supreme Court, the history of cancer, criminal justice policy, the Civil War, influencer families, modern conspiracy movements, and much more!
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Freakonomics for Criminal Justice: Our Discussion with Economist Jennifer Doleac
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Jennifer Doleac is a Stanford-educated economist, a former college economics professor, and the author of The Science of Second Chances: A Revolution in Criminal Justice, published by Henry Holt and Company and available in print as of February 24, 2026.
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The Truth About Crime Prevention | Jennifer Doleac
What actually stops crime? Economist Jennifer Doleac joins us to explore the behavioral science behind safer communities, revealing why certainty of consequences, not harsher punishments, is the key to changing behavior and how evidence can lead to smarter criminal justice policy.
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On the Science of Second Chances | Jennifer Doleac
When criminal justice expert, and Stanford-Trained economist, Dr. Jennifer Doleac thinks about reform,
she’s not just hopeful, she’s optimistic that second chances are possible—
for the justice-involved population and the system as a whole.
In her eye opening new book: The Science of Second Chanc…
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