Why Split-Second Thinking Fuels Violence | Jens Ludwig

Hey groovers, welcome to Behavioral Grooves. I'm Kurt Nelson. And I'm Tim Houlihan. On this show, we like to address the big questions on why we behave like we do using a behavioral science lens. And what are we trying to understand in this episode, Tim?

Well, Kurt, I'm glad you asked, because today we're diving into one of the most misunderstood topics in America. violence, and specifically gun violence. Our expert guest and researcher to discuss this topic is Jens Ludwig, a professor at the University of Chicago, director of the Crime Lab, and one of the nation's leading authorities on crime and social policy. Yeah, Jens's new book, Unforgiving Places, comes from more than 20 years of research that he's been doing right in Chicago, right in his hometown, right?

And spoiler alert, our conversation with Jens might challenge some of your most entrenched assumptions about violence. Yeah, you're likely to get new insights on this topic, whether you're on the left or on the right of this argument. Jens brings data to the discussion that sheds a fresh light on the discussion that we simply can't ignore. Yeah, now Jens argues that the difference between a safe neighborhood and a violent neighborhood often isn't about bad people, bad characters, or even too many guns in this one neighborhood. It's about how situations and context shape our decisions.

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