#  Applied Stats - Loeffler 

 





October 16, 2006

 

 

This week the Applied Statistics Workshop will present a talk by Charles E. Loeffler, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology at Harvard University.

Charles graduated from Magna Cum Laude from Harvard with a degree in Social Studies, before going on to receive his M. Phil in Criminology from Cambridge University. He has recently completed the National Consortium on Violence Research Pre-Dissertation Fellowship under the mentorship of Prof. Steven Levitt of the University of Chicago. His work has appeared in *The New Republic Online, Federal Sentencing Reporter*, and  *Ars Aequi: A Biographical History of Legal Science*. Charles's research interests include Criminology, Quasi-Experimental Methods and Decisionmaking.

Charles will present a talk entitled "Is justice blind? A natural experiment in the use of judicial discretion in criminal trials". The working paper for the talk is available from the [course website](http://courses.gov.harvard.edu/gov3009%20). The presentation will be at noon on Wednesday, October 18th, in Room N354, CGIS North, 1737 Cambridge St. Lunch will be provided.

Posted by [Eleanor Neff Powell](http://www.iq.harvard.edu/blog/sss/archives/author/eleanor-neff-powell/) at October 16, 2006 5:00 AM



 

 

 



 

 

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