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Health

High-mortality days during the winter season

by John Wihbey | January 8, 2014

2013 study from Kent State on the effects of winter weather and other scientific findings that add context to cold weather patterns and human impact.

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Criminal Justice, Health

Mentally ill offenders involved with the U.S. criminal justice system

by Chrissie Long | January 6, 2014

2013 study from Chatham University published in Sage Open on research relating to mentally ill offenders.

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Economics, Health, Politics & Government

State health care exchanges and Obamacare: Background research on key questions

by John Wihbey | January 4, 2014

2013 review of studies and papers with fact-based information on the Affordable Care Act’s enrollment programs, which began in certain states on Oct. 1, 2013.

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Criminal Justice, Politics & Government

Section 287(g) enforcement and immigrants’ location choice

by Chrissie Long | January 2, 2014

2013 study by Federal Reserve Bank of Boston on migration patterns as a result of immigration enforcement programs at the local level.

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Criminal Justice, Economics, Race & Gender

Does legalized prostitution increase human trafficking?

by Carol Tan | January 2, 2014

A 2013 study in World Development investigating the effect of legalized prostitution on human trafficking.

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Politics & Government

How quickly we forget: The duration of persuasion effects from mass communication

by Alexandra Raphel | January 2, 2014

2013 study in Political Communication demonstrating the short-lived effects of political advertising and implications for democracy.

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Media

Digital media scholarship: A dozen highlights from 2013

by John Wihbey | December 19, 2013

2013 year-in-review list of a dozen top studies and reports in the area of digital, social and news media-related scholarship.

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Economics

Housing busts and household mobility: A 2012 update

by Bakary Seckan | December 18, 2013

2012 study from the Federal Reserve Bank and the University of Pennsylvania on how mortgage debt affects people’s ability to move to new areas to seek opportunity.

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Education

The nature and nurture of high IQ: An extended sensitive period for intellectual development

by Chrissie Long | December 17, 2013

2013 study from Pennsylvania State University and other institutions published in Psychological Science on the interplay of nature and nurture in IQ development.

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Criminal Justice, Media

Government leaks, prosecutions and the news media: Recent research

by John Wihbey | December 12, 2013

2013 review of new report for the Committee to Protect Journalists and a Harvard Law Review article that shed light on the issue of leak prosecutions and the news media.

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287(g): The program that lets state and local police perform the functions of federal immigration officers
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