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Six: Jennifer Doleac on criminal justice reform

Effective Altruism: Ten Global Problems – 80000 Hours

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Is There Evidence That Police Reduce Crime?

There is good evidence that police do reduce crime. But they might also increase a variety of social costs to the communities that they're policing, right? So i think this is goingto be part of the newants in this conversation e're going to have going forward. A socially optimal system might actually be one where we have higher crime rates, but fewer of these other social costs.

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