Dartmouth Events

Interrogating the Impacts of Imprisonment on Crime, Employment, and Health

David J. Harding, Professor of Sociology, Faculty Director, Social Sciences D-Lab University of California - Berkeley

Monday, January 27, 2020
12:45pm – 2:00pm
Class of 1930 Room, Rockefeller Center
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Free Food, Lectures & Seminars

This talk will present results from a project on the effects of imprisonment, compared to probation, on crime, employment, and mortality. The study design is a natural experiment based on the random assignment of judges to criminal cases statewide in Michigan between 2003 and 2006. Findings reveal the sources of prison's revolving door, heterogeneity by race and work history in effects of imprisonment on employment, and countervailing effects of imprisonment on mortality.  

David J. Harding
Professor of Sociology
Faculty Director, Social Sciences D-Lab
University of California - Berkeley

http://sociology.berkeley.edu/faculty/david-j-harding

For more information, contact:
Laura Mitchell

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.