Listen to this podcast (first 10 minutes most relevant) where Dr. Jennifer Doleac interviews Dr. Amanda Agan about policy changes on reporting of criminal records on job applications and answer the following, fitting your answers on 1 page (just put your name on top, and number your answers, allowing you as much space for your answers as possible).
Link to podcast (first 10 minutes only):
https://www.probablecausation.com/podcasts/episode-8-amanda-agan
Questions:
1) In the lecture, we discussed many costs and consequences of crime for victims, criminals, and society generally. Pick any 2 and explain them in 2-3 sentences each.
2) Amanda Agan discusses “ban the box”– what does that mean and how was “the box” used to facilitate statistical discrimination before the ban?
3) What did Amanda Agan find in the audit study she conducted to explore changes in the ban the box policies?
