2015 roundup of academic research and scholarly literature that looks at the challenges that criminal prosecutors in the U.S. and aboard face in determining appropriate prison sentences for those convicted of participating in terrorism-related activities.
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2015 report published in Population Studies examines the practice by some Chinese parents of adopting girls and raising them as future wives for their biological sons.
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2015 review of scholarship on impact of air pollution in the United States, including health effects, economic costs and automotive and transportation causes.
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This 2015 study looks at the impacts that legalizing gambling has on the local and state government expenditures and revenues.
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2015 research brief on the impact of childhood poverty on immigrants’ adult contributions to American society, by Daniel T. Lichter, Cornell University, and Scott R. Sanders, Brigham Young University.
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2015 study from the University of Hawaii that looks at how young adults who are known as “millennials” use social media to inform their political opinions.
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2015 meta-analysis published in the American Journal of Epidemiology that explores the link between television viewing time and mortality.
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2015 research brief from the Scholars Strategy Network that looks at online political activism and whether the Internet encourages certain groups of people to become more engaged in political activities.
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2014 meta-analysis in Energy Policy that identifies robust studies in the current literature to better understand CO2 emissions from renewable energy facilities over their lifetimes.
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A 2015 study published in Urban Studies looks at changes in housing prices before and after the introduction of LIHTC subsidized housing.
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