Mass murder, shooting sprees and rampage violence: Research roundup
Literature review of studies relating to various aspects of mass shooting/murder incidents in the United States and abroad.
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Domestic violence and abusive relationships: Research review
Research review of data and studies relating to intimate partner violence and abusive relationships.
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Small worlds and the clash of civilizations: New data on the dimensions of a globalized world
2015 study from Stanford, Cornell and others on patterns of global social networks and how underlying data reveal distinct civilizations, despite borderless portrayals of cyberspace.
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Journalists, catch up on political science research trends! A wonky guide to early Election 2016
Roundup of 2014 and 2015 research on issues relevant to the 2016 campaign, including the nomination process, debates, partisanship, scandals, financing, polling and social media.
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Why are so many people in U.S. prisons? Key findings from the National Research Council
2014 report from the U.S. National Research Council presenting key data, findings and recommendations about the country’s prison and criminal justice systems.
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Children left unattended in hot cars: Modeling vehicle and weather conditions to estimate precise dangers
2015 study in Forensic Science, Medicine and Pathology estimating the exact conditions endured by an infant across different seasonal temperatures.
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Social media, mobile devices and online news: 2015 data and charts that speak to digital trends
2015 collection of data visualizations and charts showing changing patterns of news access, web traffic and social media use that can help put recent trends in perspective.
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Internet harassment and online threats targeting women: Research review
2015 review of studies and papers on issues relating to gender and online sexual harassment, as well as hate speech and threats targeting women and girls.
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Using Python to scrape a website and gather data: Practicing on a criminal justice dataset
Tutorial on how to use the programming language Python to scrape website data from a local county prison roster. The exercise highlights website source code and data structures.
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Social media sharing, news and opinion leadership: Recent research
2015 review of recent research on how influential recommendations from friends on social networks can be in terms of trusting news outlets and guiding future information-seeking choices.
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