Solitary confinement in prisons: Key data and research findings
2014 study in the American Journal of Public Health showing a “strong association” between solitary confinement and acts of self-harm.
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of criminal justice
2014 study in the American Journal of Public Health showing a “strong association” between solitary confinement and acts of self-harm.
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2015 study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine that examines the long-term effect of New Jersey’s Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) decal requirement for young drivers.
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2013 study from Brown University traces guns recovered from crime scenes back to the states where they originally were sold by gun dealers.
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A 2015 study from Cornell University examines the impact of paternal incarceration on children’s social and behavioral functioning.
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2015 roundup of academic research and scholarly literature that looks at the challenges that criminal prosecutors in the U.S. and aboard face in determining appropriate prison sentences for those convicted of participating in terrorism-related activities.
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2015 study published in the Journal of Criminal Justice that looks at gender disparities in pretrial release and in jail sentencing decisions.
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2014 roundup of recent research on the difficulties that retired troops face when using V.A. services and the challenges to reforming the organization and improving its efficiency.
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2015 review of papers and scholarship on the interplay between the U.S. Congress and presidents with respect to the use of military force and areas of Constitutional tension.
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2015 study published in Police Quarterly that uses red light camera observations to measure racial disparities in traffic violations in an attempt to clarify conflicting evidence related to racial profiling.
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2015 report from the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law that focuses on the needs of gender and sexual minority youth, who are over-represented within the homeless population and face more mental and physical health problems.
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