Childhood self-control predicts health, wealth and public safety
2010 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the relationship between childhood self-control and its consequences later in life.
Criminal Justice
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of criminal justice
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Disparities faced by boys and men of color in California
2009 RAND Corporation study on the disparities between Latino and African-American males and their white counterparts in California.
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Mental health treatment and criminal justice outcomes
2010 paper by the Harvard Medical School examining whether treating children and adults with mental health illnesses could reduce crime.
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School crime control and prevention
2009 Duke University and the University of Maryland study looking at school characteristics that influence the level of crime.
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What cost-of-crime research can tell us about investing in police
2010 RAND Corporation paper on the estimates of the cost of crime, the effectiveness of police force in combating it, and potential benefits of investments in enforcement.
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Does incarceration-based drug treatment reduce recidivism?
2007 paper in the Journal of Experimental Criminology on the effectiveness of incarceration-based drug treatment in reducing drug relapse and recidivism.
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Neighborhood violence and urban youth
2009 National Bureau of Economic Research paper on the relationship between early exposure to violence and later problems such as substance abuse and delinquency.
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Education reduces crime: Three-state recidivism study
2006 metastudy on the effect of prison education programs on recidivism and post-incarceration employment rates.
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