Richard Berk

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The Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) was founded in 1962 and stands as an international leader in research and training on the dynamic structure, organization, and health and well-being of human populations. The services that PSC provides have been funded by infrastructure grants awarded by the Population Dynamics Branch at Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) since 1978. The center and its associates are also supported by research grants and contracts awarded by federal agencies including the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation and by private foundations. Penn’s School of Arts and Sciences is the administrative home of the PSC and provides generous dedicated support to the center. DONATE TO THE PSC!

Emeritus Professor of Criminology and Statistics

Richard Berk on Local News about the Need for Better Data

Richard Berk quoted in The Philadelphia Tribune

Richard Berk featured in The Washington Post

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Richard Berk

Emeritus Professor of Criminology and Statistics

Chicago Ideas Week- Criminal Justice: Richard Berk discusses Forecasting Crime Minority Report II

Online Causal Interference Seminar: Richard Berk discusses Firearm Sales in California Through Interrupted Time Series Causal Analysis

PSC Spring 2019 Colloquium Series: Richard Berk on a Way to Address Mass Violence Low Base Rates