John J. Donohue III
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John Donohue is a law professor and economist widely known for his writings on effect of legalized abortion on crime
and criticism of the More Guns, Less Crime
theory of John Lott
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and is well known for using empirical analysis to determine the impact of law and public policy in a wide range of areas, including arguments against the death penalty and racial discrimination by police in their law enforcement efforts. Other work by Donohue has advocated stronger efforts to stop employment discrimination
, to increase school funding, and to regulate private gun ownership more heavily. Donohue rejoined the Stanford Law School faculty in 2010, and prior to that he was a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He received his BA from Hamilton College in 1974, his JD from Harvard in 1977, and his Ph.D. in economics from Yale in 1986. In 1982, Donohue was the Democratic nominee for the Connecticut State Senate, 14th District (Milford, Orange, West Haven).
Legalized abortion and crime effect
The effect of legalized abortion on crime is the theory that legal abortion reduces crime. Proponents of the theory generally argue that since unwanted children are more likely to become criminals and that an inverse correlation is observed between the availability of abortion and subsequent crime...
and criticism of the More Guns, Less Crime
More Guns, Less Crime
More Guns, Less Crime is a book by John Lott that says violent crime rates go down when states pass "shall issue" concealed carry laws. He presents the results of his statistical analysis of crime data for every county in the United States during 18 years from 1977 to 1994...
theory of John Lott
John Lott
John Richard Lott Jr. is an American academic and political commentator. He has previously held research positions at academic institutions including the University of Chicago, Yale University, the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, and the University of Maryland, College Park,...
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Biography
John J. Donohue III was born on January 30, 1953. He is a law professor at Stanford UniversityStanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
and is well known for using empirical analysis to determine the impact of law and public policy in a wide range of areas, including arguments against the death penalty and racial discrimination by police in their law enforcement efforts. Other work by Donohue has advocated stronger efforts to stop employment discrimination
Employment discrimination
Employment discrimination is discrimination in hiring, promotion, job assignment, termination, and compensation. It includes various types of harassment....
, to increase school funding, and to regulate private gun ownership more heavily. Donohue rejoined the Stanford Law School faculty in 2010, and prior to that he was a Professor of Law at Yale Law School. He received his BA from Hamilton College in 1974, his JD from Harvard in 1977, and his Ph.D. in economics from Yale in 1986. In 1982, Donohue was the Democratic nominee for the Connecticut State Senate, 14th District (Milford, Orange, West Haven).