The relationship between terrorism and economic growth: Research
2015 study published in Oxford Economic Papers showing how industrial growth in particular has a significant association with levels of terrorist activity.
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Corruption, sports and FIFA: Research roundup
2015 roundup of research and analyses on corruption in sports, with a focus on soccer and the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA).
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Right-to-carry laws: Revisiting the link between guns and violent crime
2014 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research examining and correcting the findings of a much-cited 1997 working paper and 2004 National Research Council report.
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Community-oriented policing strategies: Meta-analysis of law enforcement practices
2014 study in the Journal of Experimental Criminology measuring the effectiveness of community policing in the United States through a quantitative analysis of prior academic studies.
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Active shooters: U.S. trends and perpetrators’ characteristics
2015 review of FBI statistics and a study in Justice Quarterly showing patterns and trends relating to violence in the United States and the typical characteristics of perpetrators.
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Propaganda, media effects and conflict: Evidence from the Rwandan genocide
A 2014 paper from the Harvard Kennedy School on the impact of Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines, a key media outlet for the Tutsi-led government, on violence and killings of the Tutsi minority.
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Western jihadists returning to home countries? What past empirical data tell us
Data and research published in American Political Science Review relating to the period 1990-2010, when the West saw an estimated 1,000 persons become Islamist foreign fighters.
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The influence of elites, interest groups and average voters on American politics
2014 study published in Perspectives on Politics analyzing the relative influence of economic elites, interest groups and voters on the passing of public policies.
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The effectiveness of predictive policing: Lessons from a randomized controlled trial
2014 study from the RAND Corporation analyzes the results of a real-world trial of data-driven, predictive policing, assessing its budget impacts and ability to reduce property crime.
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Business improvement districts: Impact on public safety within BIDs and in nearby areas
Research by the University of Pennsylvania, the RAND Corporation and Drexel University on the impact of BIDs on robberies and violence, both within BIDs and in neighboring areas.
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