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2007 WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS*
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2007 CRIME AND POPULATION DYNAMICS SUMMER WORKSHOP AGENDA

Monday, June 4th Schedule
Tuesday, June 5th Schedule

MONDAY, JUNE 4th
9AM		CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
10AM		Introduction / Overview
10:15AM		SESSION I: Cost Benefit
		Jonah Rockoff (Columbia) “There Goes The Neighborhood? Estimates of the Impact of Crime Risk on Property Values from Megan's Laws?/a>
		Karl Russo (U. Penn) “Crime and Housing Market Capitalization in Philadelphia?/a>
		Discussant: Phil Cook (Duke)
		Steve Raphael (U.C. Berkeley) “How Much Crime Reduction Does the Marginal Prisoner Buy??/a>
		Chris Rohlfs (Syracuse) “Optimal Bail and the Value of Freedom: Evidence from the Philadelphia Bail Experiment?/a>
		Discussant: Mark Cohen (Vanderbilt)
12:15PM		LUNCH
1:15PM		SESSION II: Effects of Incarceration On...
		Evelyn Patterson (U. Penn) “An Examination of Prison Mortality in United States' State Correctional Facilities?/a>
		Haeil Jung (U. Chicago) “The Effects of First Incarceration on Male Ex-Offenders' Employment and Earnings??/a>
		Gary Sweeten (Arizona State) “Incarceration and the Transistion to Adulthood?/a>
		Discussant: Bruce Western (Princeton)
2:30PM		SESSION III: Deterrence and Perceptions
		Robert Apel (U. Albany) “A School-Based Test of the Sanctions-Perceptions Link in Deterrenc Theory?/a>
		Randi Hjalmarsson (U. Maryland) “Do Harsher Punishments Deter Crime? Perceptions and Behavior Around the Age of Criminal Majority?/a>
		Discussant: Gary Kleck (Florida State)
3:30PM		BREAK
3:45PM		SESSION IV: Rational Decision-Making to Commit Crime
		Jonathan Caulkins (Carnegie Mellon) “Limited Rationality and Criminal Decision-Making?/a>
		Derek Kreager (Penn State) “An Acquired Taste: Rational Decision-Making and Marijuana Initiation?/a>
		Pierre Tremblay (U. Montreal) “Criminal Achievement, Regrets and Reckless Rationality?/a>
		Discussant: Raymond Paternoster (U. Maryland)
5:15PM		DAY ONE SESSIONS END
6:15PM		RECEPTION (CASH BAR)
7PM		DINNER
TUESDAY, JUNE 5th
8AM		CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Both overnight guests and daytime attendees are welcome for breakfast.
8:45AM		SESSION V: Explicitly Interdisciplinary Papers
		John Worrall (U. Texas - Dallas) and Tom Kovandzic (U. Alabama - Birmingham) “Instrumenting Police Levels with Federal Law Enforcement Spending: An Assessment of Recent Efforts?/a>
		Eric Baumer (U. Missouri - St. Louis) and David Rapach (St. Louis University) “Integrating Criminological and Econometric Approaches to City Crime Trends?/a>
		Discussants: William Evans (U. Maryland) and Robert Brame (U. South Carolina)
10AM		SESSION VI: Statistical Treatment / Profiling
		David Bjerk (RAND/McMaster) “Racial Profiling, Statistical Discrimination and the Effect of a Colorblind Policy on the Crime Rate?/a>
		Paul Heaton (U. Chicago) “Understanding the Effects of Anti-Profiling Policies?/a>
		Discussant: Bernard Harcourt (U. Chicago) and Jeff Smith (U. Michigan)
11AM		BREAK
11:15AM		SESSION VII: Race, Crime and Criminal Justice
		Jens Ludwig (Georgetown/ NBER) and Byron Lutz (FRB) “The Effects of School Desegregation on Crime?/a>
		David Abrams (U. Chicago) “Do Judges Vary in Their Treatment of Race??/a>
		Brian Johnson (U. Maryland) “Judges On Trial: A Reexamination of Judicial Race and Gender Effects Across Modes of Conviction?/a>
		Discussant: Michael Tonry (U. Minnesota)
12:30PM		LUNCH
1:30PM		SESSION VIII: Illegal Markets
		Nicola Persico (NYU) “A Search-Theoretic Model of the Retail Market for Illegal Drugs?/a>
		Peyton Ferrier (ERS) “Illicit Agricultural Trade?/a>
		Greg Rafert (U. C. - Berkeley) “Illicit Drug Use and Crime in the United States?/a>
		Discussant: Peter Reuter (U. Maryland)
1:30PM		SESSION IX: Modeling Decision-Making in the Criminal Justice System
		Michael Tonry (U. Minnesota) “Cautionary Tales?/a>
		Shawn Bushway (U. Albany) and Emily Owens (U. Maryland) “Studying the Process with Real Data: A Case Study in Maryland?/a>
4PM		DAY TWO SESSIONS END
4:15PM		SHUTTLE DEPARTS FOR BWI AIRPORT