Why Longer Prison Sentences Don’t Work

Why Longer Prison Sentences Don’t Work

Is our criminal justice system broken, and can it be fixed? Jennifer Doleac is an economist, the executive vice president of criminal justice at Arnold Ventures, and the host of the Probable Causation podcast. Today she discusses her new book, The Science of Second Chances: A Revolution in Criminal Justice. Doleac studies what actually deters crime and what merely feels tough, and she argues that the familiar divide between “root causes” and “lock them up” misses the point. She explains why longer prison sentences often fail to change behavior, why the certainty and swiftness of punishment matters more than the severity, and how economists think about incentives and unintended consequences. The Free Press earns a commission from any purchases made through all book links in this article. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Designer Babies and AI Jobs Are No Longer Sci-Fi

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Why Liberal Religion is Losing Ground

Why Liberal Religion is Losing Ground

Our guest today is Rabbi David Wolpe. He’s spent decades debating atheists, leading one of the country’s largest synagogues, and thinking seriously about what holds a moral society together once tradi...

26 Tammi 1h 4min

 The Real Reasons Greenland Matters

The Real Reasons Greenland Matters

This week we hear from Arctic geopolitics expert Heather A. Conley, before President Trump made a speech at The World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday. Heather speaks about a place most of us bare...

22 Tammi 39min

YOU'RE INVITED: Michael Shermer LIVE with Coleman Hughes!

YOU'RE INVITED: Michael Shermer LIVE with Coleman Hughes!

In a world where AI can recreate our voices, half the internet thinks the moon landing was staged, and every group chat has a cousin who’s “just asking questions,” the perceived line between fact and ...

20 Tammi 29s

Niall Ferguson: What Happens Next in Iran Will Change the Middle East Forever

Niall Ferguson: What Happens Next in Iran Will Change the Middle East Forever

This week we're joined by historian Niall Ferguson to help me make sense of Iran’s unprecedented wave of protests. We talk about why this moment feels different to previous uprisings, the regime’s gro...

15 Tammi 1h 6min

Maduro Is Gone. The Mafia State Remains.

Maduro Is Gone. The Mafia State Remains.

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12 Tammi 51min

How Cuba Propped Up Maduro

How Cuba Propped Up Maduro

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8 Tammi 1h 12min

Is There a Science to Finding Love?

Is There a Science to Finding Love?

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5 Tammi 1h 21min

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