In this paper, we examine the risks posed by roboticists' collaboration with law enforcement
agencies in the US Using Trust frameworks from AI Ethics, we argue that collaborations with …

This paper examines the impact of private prison contracting by exploiting staggered prison
capacity shocks in Mississippi. Motivated by a model based on the typical private prison …

Local exposure to conservative news causes judges to impose harsher criminal sentences.
Our evidence comes from an instrumental variable analysis, where randomness in television …

Using full count US census data, we study the impact of early 20th-century state-industry-
specific minimum wage laws that primarily targeted female employees. Our triple-difference …

Prison overcrowding is a major public policy issue with roughly 2.2 million individuals
currently incarcerated in the United States. In the absence of reductions in the prison …

Collaborations with law enforcement institutions impose risks, both for the general public
and for the field of Robotics. We take a hard look at ethical justifications and risk by …

The general public and attorneys are skeptical of judges' impartiality. Although they are
convinced that judges should make decisions objectively, they doubt judges' ability to make …

The number of correctional facilities has surged by over 240 percent since 1980. Yet little
research has focused on their unintended consequences, particularly how this affects …

Existing literature does not capture efficiency losses on the dynamic adjustment path of
crime control market from initial to final equilibrium after a shock in order to formulate an …

This dissertation comprises of three essays that examine the relationship between public
policy, the criminal justice system, and the economy. In the first two chapters, I demonstrate …