September 16, 2013
Angela Hawken, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Pepperdine University
GiveWell spoke to Angela Hawken as part of its investigation of criminal-justice reform. The conversation covered Hawken’s proposed organization, BetaGov, which will enable practitioners to conduct randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of public-sector programs, initially focusing on criminal justice. Hawken also commented on Hawaii’s Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) program and described her work conducting RCTs of HOPE in Arizona and Washington.