Facts about sexual violence in the United States
2009 report by the University of Minnesota and the United States Department of Justice summarizing studies and surveys on the extent of sex crimes in America.
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World Health Organization report on sexual violence worldwide
2002 report by the World Health Organization on frequency of sexual violence in countries around the globe.
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Study-based story ideas for community journalists
Suggested ways to use scholarly research as a lens through which to see events in a reporter’s area.
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Good government means different things in different countries
2010 study by Harvard Kennedy School of Government published in the journal Governance on how good governance models vary globally.
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Family income and child brain growth
2011 study by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Harvard University published in the online journal Plos ONE on impacts of poverty on child brain growth.
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Psychological trends and popular U.S. song lyrics
2011 study in Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts on pop music lyrical trends and wider psychological changes.
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Community information and civic engagement
2011 survey by Pew, Knight and Monitor Institute on how information sharing can spur community engagement and satisfaction.
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U.S. EPA: Energy-efficiency limits by housing location, type
2011 report by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on how building location factors into the total cost of household energy use.
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Outlook for stocks, equity in the coming decade
2011 report by Boston College on underlying trends in stock values and the outlook for personal retirement investments.
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Politicized places: When immigrants provoke opposition
2011 study in American Political Science Review on the societal conditions that spur anti-immigrant sentiment.
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