Harold Pollack

Harold Pollack

Departmental website:
https://crownschool.uchicago.edu/crownscholars/h-pollack

Harold Pollack has published widely at the interface between poverty, policy and public health. He is co-director of The University of Chicago Crime Lab and a committee member of the Center for Health Administration Studies (CHAS) at the University of Chicago. In addition, Prof. Pollack is an affiliate professor in the Biological Sciences Collegiate Division and the Department of Public Health Sciences at UChicago.

His research appears in such journals as Addiction, Journal of the American Medical Association, American Journal of Public Health, Health Services Research, Pediatrics, and Social Service Review. His writings have appeared in The Washington Post, The Nation, The New York Times, New Republic, The Atlantic, and other popular publications. His American Prospect essay, “Lessons from an Emergency Room, Nightmare” was selected for the collection Best American Medical Writing in 2009.

He is a co-author of "The Index Card: Why Personal Finance Doesn't Have to Be Complicated" (2016).

Pollack Stories

Here’s What’s in Alice Goffman’s Dissertation

Here’s What’s in Alice Goffman’s Dissertation

Article cites Prof. Harold Pollack, who says crime field data often can be ‘embellished, incomplete, one-sided, undermined by human mistakes, or simply untrue’


New York Magazine

Teaching meditation to kids in Chicago swiftly reduced crime and dropout rates

Teaching meditation to kids in Chicago swiftly reduced crime and dropout rates

Article cites Prof. Harold Pollack, who says youth programs like Becoming A Man can be ‘cost-effective, and a feasible part of a solution’


Survey: America's Uninsured Rate Is Down To 10% - And Falling

Survey: America's Uninsured Rate Is Down To 10% - And Falling

Prof. Harold Pollack discusses the uninsured rate's historic low, demonstrating significance of the Affordable Care Act


When the Gangbangers Are (Mostly) White Guys

When the Gangbangers Are (Mostly) White Guys

In interview, Prof. Harold Pollack, director of UChicago Crime Lab, discusses differences between Chicago gang violence and recent biker gang shooting in Waco, Texas


Vice

Alcohol is more dangerous than drug dealing or gangs

Alcohol is more dangerous than drug dealing or gangs

In op-ed, Prof. Harold Pollack explains how alcoholism is ‘big risk-factor for violence’ among youth with records of juvenile detention


Middle-age blacks have less in their 401(k)s than young whites

Middle-age blacks have less in their 401(k)s than young whites

In op-ed, Prof. Harold Pollack notes minority workers are more likely to withdraw from retirement plans due to limited family wealth


Living well with breast cancer by choosing wisely: A conversation with Amy Berman

Living well with breast cancer by choosing wisely: A conversation with Amy Berman

In Q&A, Prof. Harold Pollack interviews woman about her experiences living with a terminal illness


Crime Lab New York will help promote evidence-based policies to prevent crime, violence Skyline

Crime Lab New York will help promote evidence-based policies to prevent crime, violence

Why it’s rare for someone like Ashton Carter to work in government

Why it’s rare for someone like Ashton Carter to work in government

Prof. Harold Pollack discusses the lack of qualified academics in government, citing lower pay and less respect for expertise


How to Break a National Habit

How to Break a National Habit

In op-ed, Prof. Harold Pollack argues that smoking rate in the United States is still a national problem


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