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A True Second Chance: A Natural Experiment on Diversion in Texas Reveals Big Benefits for Crime, Employment

July 22, 2020July 21, 2020 ~ Jennifer Doleac ~ Leave a comment

Can deferred adjudications produce positive outcomes for criminal defendants? Mueller-Smith and Schnepel's analysis explores the impact of such "second chances" in Texas.

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Professor Doleac is a Trustee of the Council of Criminal Justice. She is an Associate Professor of Economics and the Director of the Justice Tech Lab at Texas A&M University, and the host of the Probable Causation podcast about law, economics, and crime. She tweets about criminal justice research and policy at @jenniferdoleac.

The views expressed here are those of Professor Doleac and do not necessarily reflect those of  CCJ or its membership.

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