Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of criminal justice
2012 study published in Violence Against Women journal on the effectiveness of sexual-registry laws on preventing sexual assaults and aiding investigations.
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2011 report by Rice University seeks to identify demographic trends among persons suspected of ties to Islamic extremist activity.
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2011 report from the Congressional Research Service on background issues relating to sanctions on Iran.
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2011 federal government-sponsored research on prescription-drug use, both of legal and illicit substances, by U.S. adolescents.
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2011 report on prisoner demographics, manner of execution, pardons or sentence commutations and capital punishment trends over time.
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2011 study from Fordham Law School on the influences fueling prison population growth in the United States since 1980.
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2011 paper in The American Law and Economics Review on youth curfews and crime rates.
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2009 metastudy from the University of Barcelona published in Clinical Psychology Review analyzing 65 research studies across 22 countries to estimate an “overall international figure” for such abuse.
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2011 U.N. report on rates of homicide per capita in 207 countries based on data from the World Health Organization, the Global Burden of Injuries Project; and other sources.
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2011 study in the Journal of International Affairs on India’s and China’s perceptions of one another from a security perspective.
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