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Economics, Media, Politics & Government

Weapon of the strong? Participatory inequality and the Internet

by Christopher Olver | June 1, 2011

2010 study by Perspectives on Politics on Internet usage and patterns of participatory inequality in American politics.

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Criminal Justice, Race & Gender

Survey of youth in residential placement: Needs and services

by John Wihbey | May 27, 2011

2010 report by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention and U.S. Department of Justice on the life experiences of young people in custody.

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Criminal Justice, Race & Gender

Greater transparency in death penalty decisions

by John Wihbey | May 26, 2011

2010 study by Pepperdine University School of Law published in Temple Law Review on prosecutorial procedures and the death penalty.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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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