Reducing Crime and Violence : Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia

The paper shows that self-control, time preferences, and values are malleable in adults, and that investments in these skills and preferences reduce crime and violence. The authors recruited criminally-engaged Liberian men and randomized half to ei...

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Main Authors:	Blattman, Christopher, Jamison, Julian C., Sheridan, Margaret
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	SKILLS WASTE INFERENCE RISKS TREATMENT MOTIVATION SEX WORKERS COUNSELORS SOCIALIZATION INFORMED CONSENT PERSONALITY PEOPLE ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AGGRESSION PSYCHOLOGY ACTIVITIES BIAS SOCIAL RESEARCH GROUPS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THOUGHTS STRATEGIES DEATH EFFECTS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR SLEEP HEALTH PSYCHOLOGISTS DEPRESSION EMOTION PROSTITUTION TOUCH THINKING CRIME ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS KNOWLEDGE DISABILITIES BEHAVIOR EXERCISES PAIN PERSONAL HYGIENE TRAINING LIFE PATIENT PATIENTS ADJUSTMENT INTERVENTION ORT AGGRESSIVE RELATIONSHIPS ABILITY PRETESTING OBSERVATION VIOLENCE ANXIETY NEEDS GROUP THERAPY LEARNING MARIJUANA ADAPTATION SYMPTOMS REASONING POST TRAUMATIC STRESS INTERVIEW RECALL MENTAL HEALTH MODELING COGNITION BELIEFS PSYCHIATRY STUDY DRUG ADDICTION WORKERS SCIENCE AGED ADOLESCENCE HABITS PARTNER ABUSE AGE LIFESTYLE GENDER CHILDHOOD MEDICINE INTERPERSONAL SKILLS HYGIENE ACHIEVEMENT VICTIMS STD CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY INHIBITION STRESS EFFORT EARLY CHILDHOOD SOCIAL NETWORKS THERAPIES MEASUREMENT WORKING MEMORY COGNITIVE ABILITY YOUNG CHILDREN ADOLESCENTS HOMELESSNESS COGNITIVE PROCESSES REST THERAPY RISK FACTORS WALKING SEX WEIGHT INTERESTS WRITING UNDERSTANDING EXERCISE CHILDREN AMPUTATION PERSONALITY TRAITS PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT PLAYING CAREER COUNSELING ISOLATION PERFORMANCE ADDICTION EXPERIENCE COUNSELING ATTENTION ACTIVITY ALL INTERACTIONS REHABILITATION COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR STUDENTS TRAUMA RESEARCH PROGRAM LEADERSHIP STRATEGY REGISTRATION FAMILIES MEMORY SELF ESTEEM GAMBLING COMMUNICATION SKILLS SOCIAL WORKERS BEHAVIOR CHANGE IMPLEMENTATION MENTAL CLEANLINESS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
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spelling	okr-10986-242222021-04-23T14:04:20Z Reducing Crime and Violence : Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia Blattman, Christopher Jamison, Julian C. Sheridan, Margaret SKILLS WASTE INFERENCE RISKS TREATMENT MOTIVATION SEX WORKERS COUNSELORS SOCIALIZATION INFORMED CONSENT PERSONALITY PEOPLE ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AGGRESSION PSYCHOLOGY ACTIVITIES BIAS SOCIAL RESEARCH GROUPS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THOUGHTS STRATEGIES DEATH EFFECTS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR SLEEP HEALTH PSYCHOLOGISTS DEPRESSION EMOTION PROSTITUTION TOUCH THINKING CRIME ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS KNOWLEDGE DISABILITIES BEHAVIOR EXERCISES PAIN PERSONAL HYGIENE TRAINING LIFE PATIENT PATIENTS ADJUSTMENT INTERVENTION ORT AGGRESSIVE RELATIONSHIPS ABILITY PRETESTING OBSERVATION VIOLENCE ANXIETY NEEDS GROUP THERAPY LEARNING MARIJUANA ADAPTATION SYMPTOMS REASONING POST TRAUMATIC STRESS INTERVIEW RECALL MENTAL HEALTH MODELING COGNITION BELIEFS PSYCHIATRY STUDY DRUG ADDICTION WORKERS SCIENCE AGED ADOLESCENCE HABITS PARTNER ABUSE AGE LIFESTYLE GENDER CHILDHOOD MEDICINE INTERPERSONAL SKILLS HYGIENE ACHIEVEMENT VICTIMS STD CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY INHIBITION STRESS EFFORT EARLY CHILDHOOD SOCIAL NETWORKS THERAPIES MEASUREMENT WORKING MEMORY COGNITIVE ABILITY YOUNG CHILDREN ADOLESCENTS HOMELESSNESS COGNITIVE PROCESSES REST THERAPY RISK FACTORS WALKING SEX WEIGHT INTERESTS WRITING UNDERSTANDING EXERCISE CHILDREN AMPUTATION PERSONALITY TRAITS PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT PLAYING CAREER COUNSELING ISOLATION PERFORMANCE ADDICTION EXPERIENCE COUNSELING ATTENTION ACTIVITY ALL INTERACTIONS REHABILITATION COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR STUDENTS TRAUMA RESEARCH PROGRAM LEADERSHIP STRATEGY REGISTRATION FAMILIES MEMORY SELF ESTEEM GAMBLING COMMUNICATION SKILLS SOCIAL WORKERS BEHAVIOR CHANGE IMPLEMENTATION MENTAL CLEANLINESS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT The paper shows that self-control, time preferences, and values are malleable in adults, and that investments in these skills and preferences reduce crime and violence. The authors recruited criminally-engaged Liberian men and randomized half to eight weeks of group cognitive behavioral therapy, fostering self-regulation, patience, and noncriminal values. They also randomized $200 grants. Cash alone and therapy alone dramatically reduced crime and violence, but effects dissipated within a year. When cash followed therapy, however, crime and violence decreased by as much as 50 percent for at least a year. They hypothesize that cash reinforced therapy's lessons by prolonging practice and self-investment. 2016-05-04T19:56:00Z 2016-05-04T19:56:00Z 2016-04 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26252254/reducing-crime-violence-experimental-evidence-adult-noncognitive-investments-liberia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24222 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7648 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Liberia
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topic	SKILLS WASTE INFERENCE RISKS TREATMENT MOTIVATION SEX WORKERS COUNSELORS SOCIALIZATION INFORMED CONSENT PERSONALITY PEOPLE ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AGGRESSION PSYCHOLOGY ACTIVITIES BIAS SOCIAL RESEARCH GROUPS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THOUGHTS STRATEGIES DEATH EFFECTS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR SLEEP HEALTH PSYCHOLOGISTS DEPRESSION EMOTION PROSTITUTION TOUCH THINKING CRIME ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS KNOWLEDGE DISABILITIES BEHAVIOR EXERCISES PAIN PERSONAL HYGIENE TRAINING LIFE PATIENT PATIENTS ADJUSTMENT INTERVENTION ORT AGGRESSIVE RELATIONSHIPS ABILITY PRETESTING OBSERVATION VIOLENCE ANXIETY NEEDS GROUP THERAPY LEARNING MARIJUANA ADAPTATION SYMPTOMS REASONING POST TRAUMATIC STRESS INTERVIEW RECALL MENTAL HEALTH MODELING COGNITION BELIEFS PSYCHIATRY STUDY DRUG ADDICTION WORKERS SCIENCE AGED ADOLESCENCE HABITS PARTNER ABUSE AGE LIFESTYLE GENDER CHILDHOOD MEDICINE INTERPERSONAL SKILLS HYGIENE ACHIEVEMENT VICTIMS STD CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY INHIBITION STRESS EFFORT EARLY CHILDHOOD SOCIAL NETWORKS THERAPIES MEASUREMENT WORKING MEMORY COGNITIVE ABILITY YOUNG CHILDREN ADOLESCENTS HOMELESSNESS COGNITIVE PROCESSES REST THERAPY RISK FACTORS WALKING SEX WEIGHT INTERESTS WRITING UNDERSTANDING EXERCISE CHILDREN AMPUTATION PERSONALITY TRAITS PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT PLAYING CAREER COUNSELING ISOLATION PERFORMANCE ADDICTION EXPERIENCE COUNSELING ATTENTION ACTIVITY ALL INTERACTIONS REHABILITATION COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR STUDENTS TRAUMA RESEARCH PROGRAM LEADERSHIP STRATEGY REGISTRATION FAMILIES MEMORY SELF ESTEEM GAMBLING COMMUNICATION SKILLS SOCIAL WORKERS BEHAVIOR CHANGE IMPLEMENTATION MENTAL CLEANLINESS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
spellingShingle	SKILLS WASTE INFERENCE RISKS TREATMENT MOTIVATION SEX WORKERS COUNSELORS SOCIALIZATION INFORMED CONSENT PERSONALITY PEOPLE ACHIEVEMENT TESTS AGGRESSION PSYCHOLOGY ACTIVITIES BIAS SOCIAL RESEARCH GROUPS INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THOUGHTS STRATEGIES DEATH EFFECTS SOCIAL BEHAVIOR SLEEP HEALTH PSYCHOLOGISTS DEPRESSION EMOTION PROSTITUTION TOUCH THINKING CRIME ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS KNOWLEDGE DISABILITIES BEHAVIOR EXERCISES PAIN PERSONAL HYGIENE TRAINING LIFE PATIENT PATIENTS ADJUSTMENT INTERVENTION ORT AGGRESSIVE RELATIONSHIPS ABILITY PRETESTING OBSERVATION VIOLENCE ANXIETY NEEDS GROUP THERAPY LEARNING MARIJUANA ADAPTATION SYMPTOMS REASONING POST TRAUMATIC STRESS INTERVIEW RECALL MENTAL HEALTH MODELING COGNITION BELIEFS PSYCHIATRY STUDY DRUG ADDICTION WORKERS SCIENCE AGED ADOLESCENCE HABITS PARTNER ABUSE AGE LIFESTYLE GENDER CHILDHOOD MEDICINE INTERPERSONAL SKILLS HYGIENE ACHIEVEMENT VICTIMS STD CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY INHIBITION STRESS EFFORT EARLY CHILDHOOD SOCIAL NETWORKS THERAPIES MEASUREMENT WORKING MEMORY COGNITIVE ABILITY YOUNG CHILDREN ADOLESCENTS HOMELESSNESS COGNITIVE PROCESSES REST THERAPY RISK FACTORS WALKING SEX WEIGHT INTERESTS WRITING UNDERSTANDING EXERCISE CHILDREN AMPUTATION PERSONALITY TRAITS PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT PLAYING CAREER COUNSELING ISOLATION PERFORMANCE ADDICTION EXPERIENCE COUNSELING ATTENTION ACTIVITY ALL INTERACTIONS REHABILITATION COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR STUDENTS TRAUMA RESEARCH PROGRAM LEADERSHIP STRATEGY REGISTRATION FAMILIES MEMORY SELF ESTEEM GAMBLING COMMUNICATION SKILLS SOCIAL WORKERS BEHAVIOR CHANGE IMPLEMENTATION MENTAL CLEANLINESS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Blattman, Christopher Jamison, Julian C. Sheridan, Margaret Reducing Crime and Violence : Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia
geographic_facet	Africa Liberia
relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7648
description	The paper shows that self-control, time preferences, and values are malleable in adults, and that investments in these skills and preferences reduce crime and violence. The authors recruited criminally-engaged Liberian men and randomized half to eight weeks of group cognitive behavioral therapy, fostering self-regulation, patience, and noncriminal values. They also randomized $200 grants. Cash alone and therapy alone dramatically reduced crime and violence, but effects dissipated within a year. When cash followed therapy, however, crime and violence decreased by as much as 50 percent for at least a year. They hypothesize that cash reinforced therapy's lessons by prolonging practice and self-investment.
format	Working Paper
author	Blattman, Christopher Jamison, Julian C. Sheridan, Margaret
author_facet	Blattman, Christopher Jamison, Julian C. Sheridan, Margaret
author_sort	Blattman, Christopher
title	Reducing Crime and Violence : Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia
title_short	Reducing Crime and Violence : Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia
title_full	Reducing Crime and Violence : Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia
title_fullStr	Reducing Crime and Violence : Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia
title_full_unstemmed	Reducing Crime and Violence : Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia
title_sort	reducing crime and violence : experimental evidence on adult noncognitive investments in liberia
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/04/26252254/reducing-crime-violence-experimental-evidence-adult-noncognitive-investments-liberia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24222
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Reducing Crime and Violence : Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia

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