U.S. State Department: International narcotics control strategy report, 2013
2011 report from the State Department’s Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs on major drug-transit and drug-producing countries.
Politics & Government
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of politics, elections, and local and national governments
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Corporate political contributions: Investment or agency?
2012 working paper by University of Minnesota and the University of Kansas on the relationship between firms’ political donations and corporate performance.
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Go where the money is: Modeling street robbers’ location choices
2012 study from Loyola University of Chicago and the Netherlands Institute in the Journal of Economic Geography on how street robberies cluster in certain areas, and why.
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Exploring the impacts of safety culture on immigrants’ vulnerability in crashes
2012 study in the Journal of Urban Health on the role of safety culture in census tract-level pedestrian and cyclist crashes in New York City.
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Irony of satire: Political ideology and the motivation to see what you want to see in The Colbert Report
2011 study in the International Journal of Press/Politics investigates the influence of political ideology on a viewer’s perceptions of satirist Stephen Colbert.
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The impact of local combat casualties on support for the war in Afghanistan
2012 study from Boston University and the University of Minnesota published in Public Opinion Quarterly on reporting and attitudes about Afghanistan.
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Using public health methods to investigate the diffusion of homicide
2012 study from Michigan State University published in Justice Quarterly on the diffusion of homicide clusters in a low-income city.
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Immigration offenders in the federal justice system
2012 report from the Department of Justice using data from seven federal agencies to highlight trends in immigration violations and enforcement in 2010 and earlier.
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Elephants, ivory and trade
2010 policy paper in Science exploring the consequences of policies relating to the export of ivory from African countries.
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Iowa presidential caucuses: History and popular myths
2008 paper from the University of Missouri on the history of the Iowa Caucuses and popular misconceptions about them.
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