Freakonomics for criminal justice, The Science of Second Chances presents a novel approach to criminal justice reform, revealing how small-scale interventions can reduce people’s chances of reoffending and break the incarceration cycle.
The sources Doleac uses are impeccable, her writing style is clear, and her description of the process of researching criminal justice is thorough and instructive.
Some readers may quibble that her approach lacks sociological nuance, and that she sometimes seems to extrapolate a great deal from scant evidence. Still, it’s a persuasive argument that 'evidence-based' approaches ought to be incorporated into the criminal justice reform movement.
