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Expert Commentary

Financially-fragile household (iStock)
Economics

Financially fragile households: Evidence and implications

by John Wihbey | May 25, 2011

2011 study for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the vulnerability of American households to financial emergencies.

Expert Commentary

Media

Can social navigation inform online privacy preferences?

by Christopher Olver | May 25, 2011

2011 study by the University of California, Irvine, on how users determine personal privacy settings on social networks.

Expert Commentary

Environment, Health, Politics & Government, Race & Gender

Body norms and fat stigma in global perspective

by Rozanne Larsen | May 23, 2011

2011 study by Arizona State University published in Current Anthropology how body norms and fat stigma are evolving worldwide.

Expert Commentary

Economics

Growing income inequality in OECD countries

by Christopher Olver | May 23, 2011

2011 report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on widening income inequalities among its member countries worldwide.

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Research strategy guide for finding quality, credible sources

by Keely Wilczek | May 20, 2011

Strategies for finding academic studies and other information you need to give your stories authority and depth

Expert Commentary

Criminal Justice, Education, Health

Effects of soldiers’ deployment on children’s academic performance and behavioral health

by Leighton Walter Kille | May 20, 2011

2011 study by the RAND Corporation on the educational and health effects of parents’ deployment on their children.

Expert Commentary

Criminal Justice

U.S. human trafficking incidents, 2008-2010

by Rozanne Larsen | May 20, 2011

2011 report by U.S. Department of Justice on crimes involving human smuggling, forced labor and prostitution.

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Criminal Justice, Race & Gender

Facts about sexual violence in the United States

by John Wihbey | May 20, 2011

2009 report by the University of Minnesota and the United States Department of Justice summarizing studies and surveys on the extent of sex crimes in America.

Expert Commentary

Criminal Justice, Race & Gender

World Health Organization report on sexual violence worldwide

by John Wihbey | May 19, 2011

2002 report by the World Health Organization on frequency of sexual violence in countries around the globe.

Expert Commentary

Study-based story ideas for community journalists

by John Wihbey | May 18, 2011

Suggested ways to use scholarly research as a lens through which to see events in a reporter’s area.

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