Richard A. Berk

Richard A. Berk is an Emeritus Professor of Criminology and Statistics at the University of Pennsylvania and an Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Statistics at UCLA. He is a leading expert in applied statistics, specializing in causal inference, machine learning, and methods for evaluating social programs, with notable work in crime prediction and inmate classification. He holds a B.A. in psychology from Yale University and a Ph.D. in sociology from Johns Hopkins University.