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View article: Criminal malpractice: Why cities can’t copy their way to security
Criminal malpractice: Why cities can’t copy their way to security Open
International drug trafficking dominates discussions of organized crime, yet urban criminal groups that focus on dominating local markets, neighborhoods, and politics are equally common and serious. When policymakers do pay attention, they…
View article: Replication Data for: Place-Based Interventions at Scale: The Direct and Spillover Effects of Policing and City Services on Crime
Replication Data for: Place-Based Interventions at Scale: The Direct and Spillover Effects of Policing and City Services on Crime Open
This is the replication package for “Place-Based Interventions at Scale: The Direct and Spillover Effects of Policing and City Services on Crime,” by Christopher Blattman, Donald P Green, Daniel Ortega, and Santiago Tobón. This folder cont…
View article: Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago
Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago Open
Gun violence is the most pressing public safety problem in U.S. cities. We report results from a randomized controlled trial (N = 2,456) of a community-researcher partnership called the Rapid Employment and Development Initiative (READI) C…
View article: Replication Data for: 'Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago'
Replication Data for: 'Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago' Open
The programs replicate tables and figures from "Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago", by Bhatt, Heller, Kapustin, Bertrand, and Blattman. Please see the REAME file for additional details.
View article: Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago
Predicting and Preventing Gun Violence: An Experimental Evaluation of READI Chicago Open
Gun violence is the most pressing public safety problem in American cities. We report results from a randomized controlled trial (N = 2, 456) of a community-researcher partnership called the Rapid Employment and Development Initiative (REA…
View article: Does alleviating poverty increase cognitive performance? Short and long term evidence from a randomized controlled trial
Does alleviating poverty increase cognitive performance? Short and long term evidence from a randomized controlled trial Open
In this Registered Report, we investigated the impact of a poverty alleviation program on cognitive performance. We analyzed data from a randomized controlled trial conducted on low-income, high-risk individuals in Liberia where a random h…
View article: Replication Data for: The Promise and Pitfalls of Conflict Prediction: Evidence from Colombia and Indonesia
Replication Data for: The Promise and Pitfalls of Conflict Prediction: Evidence from Colombia and Indonesia Open
This package contains the replication materials for "The Promise and Pitfalls of Conflict Prediction: Evidence from Colombia and Indonesia".
View article: Cognitive behavior therapy reduces crime and violence over 10 years: Experimental evidence
Cognitive behavior therapy reduces crime and violence over 10 years: Experimental evidence Open
In most societies, a small number of people commit most of the serious crimes and violence. Short-term studies have shown that cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) can reduce such antisocial behaviors. There are some signs that these behavio…
View article: Statebuilding in the City: An Experiment in Civilian Alternatives to Policing
Statebuilding in the City: An Experiment in Civilian Alternatives to Policing Open
State penetration varies widely within cities, with well-governed areas abutting persistently neglected ones. Governments are seeking ways to improve penetration, local security, and state legitimacy. We experimentally evaluate a 20-month …
View article: Civilian alternatives to policing: Evidence from Medellín’s community problem-solving intervention Operación Convivencia
Civilian alternatives to policing: Evidence from Medellín’s community problem-solving intervention Operación Convivencia Open
Cities are searching for unarmed approaches to disorder and crime.Colombia is a leader here.Police are a national institution, and mayors have limited control over police staffing and operations.Thus, many cities have developed large civil…
View article: Gang rule: Understanding and Countering Criminal Governance
Gang rule: Understanding and Countering Criminal Governance Open
Criminal groups govern millions worldwide. Even in strong states, gangs resolve disputes and provide security. Why do these duopolies of coercion emerge? Often, gangs fill vacuums of official power, suggesting that increasing state presenc…
View article: Gang rule: Understanding and Countering Criminal Governance
Gang rule: Understanding and Countering Criminal Governance Open
Criminal groups govern millions worldwide.Even in strong states, gangs resolve disputes and provide security.Why do these duopolies of coercion emerge?In many cases, gangs fill vacuums of official order.If so, increasing state presence sho…
View article: Replication Data for: The Promise and Pitfalls of Conflict Prediction: Evidence from Colombia and Indonesia
Replication Data for: The Promise and Pitfalls of Conflict Prediction: Evidence from Colombia and Indonesia Open
How feasible is violence early-warning prediction? Columbia and Indonesia have unusually ne-grained data. We assemble two decades of local violent events alongside hundreds of annual risk factors. We attempt to predict violence one year ah…
View article: Reducing Crime and Violence: Experimental Evidence from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Liberia
Reducing Crime and Violence: Experimental Evidence from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Liberia Open
We show that a number of noncognitive skills and preferences, including patience and identity, are malleable in adults, and that investments in them reduce crime and violence. We recruited criminally engaged men and randomized one-half to …
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