Inside the economics of illegal drugs, from cryptocurrencies to Major League Baseball
Money and illegal drugs are inextricable. This roundup brings together recent research exploring the wide-ranging relationship between economics and drugs.
Criminal Justice
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of criminal justice
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Cocaine use is on the rise: Research highlights troubling trends
National rates of cocaine use have climbed in recent years, and the ubiquity of the highly potent synthetic opioid fentanyl has made the resurgence particularly deadly. We’ve summarized some of the latest research.
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6 tips for reporting on gun policy and gun violence
“There’s some basic stuff about the laws that I think is misunderstood,” Jon Vernick, professor at JHU’s Bloomberg School of Public Health, said.
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Covering capital punishment and death row execution: 8 tips from Michael Graczyk
Michael Graczyk, who covered capital punishment for more than 35 years as a criminal justice reporter for the Associated Press, offers eight tips on covering capital punishment, death row inmates and executions.
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Capital punishment and death row inmates: A research roundup
Our newest research roundup examines capital punishment from multiple angles, including prisoner experiences, factors that affect sentencing and how effectively the death penalty deters crime.
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Victims less likely to report violent crime in newer immigrant communities
Victims are less likely to report violent crime to police if they live in counties where immigrant populations swelled after 1990, according to research forthcoming in Criminology.
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Reporting on the Mueller report: Tips from Garrett Graff
Journalist and historian Garrett Graff, who has written extensively about special counsel Robert Mueller, offers insights to help reporters cover Mueller’s federal investigation and its main findings.
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How they did it: Reporters uncovered Trump hush payments to two women
A Wall Street Journal reporter discusses the newspaper’s investigation into secret payoffs Donald Trump and his associates arranged to suppress sexual allegations from two women during the 2016 presidential campaign.
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How he did it: A reporter investigates an Alabama sheriff who pocketed over $2 million in jail food funds
Alabama Media Group reporter Connor Sheets single-handedly revealed how a local sheriff had pocketed more than $2 million in municipal, state and federal funds meant to feed inmates in the county jail.
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How they did it: Public records helped reporters investigate police abuse of power
Christian Sheckler of the South Bend Tribune and Ken Armstrong of ProPublica explain how they used public records to spotlight problems within the Elkhart, Indiana criminal justice system.
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