Boston Marathon bombing: Lessons learned through research
One year after the Boston Marathon bombing, we round up a selection of research-based papers and reports that, cumulatively, help consolidate the “lessons learned.”
Criminal Justice
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of criminal justice
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The Iran nuclear framework deal: A definitive, research-based guide from Harvard’s Belfer Center
April 2015 report from Harvard’s Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, “Decoding the Iran Nuclear Deal: Key Questions, Points of Divergence, Pros and Cons, Pending Legislation and Essential Facts.”
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U.S. Department of Justice: Police use of force, Tasers and other weapons
2011 report by the National Institute of Justice on the effectiveness and safety of Tasers and other conducted energy devices.
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Bitcoin and virtual currencies: Background information and key technical and legal issues
2015 report from the Congressional Research Service detailing key issues relating to virtual currencies, related trends and unanswered questions.
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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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The law and social science of stop-and-frisk tactics by the police
2014 study by Yale examining recent scholarship on the effectiveness of “stop, question and frisk” and how it affects public perceptions of and interactions with the police.
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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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Rates of fraud, identity theft and scams across the 50 states: FTC data
2015 report from the Federal Trade Commission detailing fraud and abuse complaints across the United States, with state- and metro-area level rates of consumer reporting.
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U.S. foreign aid to Israel: 2014 congressional report
2014 Congressional Research Service report on U.S. government aid to Israel, including current amounts as well as historical data and trends.
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Violent media and real-world behavior: Historical data and recent trends
2015 study from Stetson University published in Journal of Communications that explores violence in movies and video games and rates of societal violence over the same period.
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