The Truth About Crime Prevention Jennifer Doleac

Behavioral Grooves Podcast by Kurt Nelson, PhD and Tim Houlihan

Jul 27, 202673:50Science & Medicine

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...

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