Ph.D. Candidate in Economics
Economics of Crime · Labor Economics · Applied Microeconomics
My research uses applied microeconomic methods to study how criminal justice institutions and public policies shape individual behavior and later outcomes. My job market paper studies the effects of pre-arrest diversion in the criminal justice system.
I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Economics at Auburn University. My research interests include the economics of crime, labor economics, and applied microeconomics. I am especially interested in how criminal justice policies affect access to alternatives to traditional prosecution and subsequent criminal justice outcomes.
Email: szh0152@auburn.edu
This paper studies a pre-arrest diversion program that offers eligible individuals an alternative to traditional criminal case processing. The project examines how access to diversion affects criminal justice outcomes and subsequent contact with the criminal justice system.