Why do (some) city police departments enforce federal immigration law?
2012 study in Journal of Public Administration Research about variation in local enforcement of immigration laws.
Criminal Justice
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of criminal justice
Expert Commentary
Do judges vary in their treatment of race?
2012 paper from the University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago and Harvard University on defendant race and unequal sentencing decisions.
Expert Commentary
Violent crime in the developing world: Research roundup
2012 review of research studies on violent and transnational crime and its broader social impacts in the developing world.
Expert Commentary
Pew report: The high cost, low return of longer prison terms
2012 Pew Center on the States report on incarceration rates in the United States, strategies and costs they impose, from 1990 to 2009.
Expert Commentary
Implications of immigration policies for U.S. farm sector and workforce
2011 study in Economic Inquiry on the effect of U.S. immigration policy on unauthorized immigrants from Mexico and subsequent economic impacts.
Expert Commentary
Juvenile arrest and collateral educational damage in the transition to adulthood
2012 study from the University of Texas at Austin and Harvard University on the impact of an arrest on a teen’s educational trajectory.
Expert Commentary
Uninsured veterans and family members: Who are they and where do they live?
2012 report by the Urban Institute and the Robert John Wood Johnson Foundation on the Affordable Care Act and uninsured veterans.
Expert Commentary
Enforcement and public corruption: Evidence from U.S. states
2010 study from Harvard and the University of Copenhagen about the relationship between rates of public corruption and available legal resources.
Expert Commentary
Isolated capital cities, accountability and corruption: Evidence from U.S. states
2012 paper from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government about the dynamics of transparency and the geographical location of state capitals.
Expert Commentary
Intimate partner violence and urban female adolescents
2009 study in Maternal and Child Health Journal on high rates of domestic violence against urban female teens.
Expert Commentary