Neighborhood circumstances and children’s life chances: Landmark study from Harvard
2015 study from Harvard showing how neighborhood circumstance can have a substantial impact on a child’s future earnings.
Race & Gender
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topics of race and gender
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Racial bias and news media reporting: New research trends
2015 research from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign published in Communication Research highlighting how portrayals of racial minorities are changing in television news.
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How economic scarcity can alter perceptions of race, enhance discrimination and contribute to racial disparities
2014 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) examining how shifting social perceptions during economic downturns can exacerbate racial disparities.
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Racially divided communities, voting patterns and new research on threat perceptions
2015 study from Harvard showing how removing a large racial minority population from proximity with a nearby white group can produce different voting patterns and outcomes.
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Urban charter schools and student gains: 2015 findings from Stanford University
2015 study from Stanford researchers suggesting overall gains for urban charter schools, relative to traditional schools; growth was particularly strong for disadvantaged students.
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The law and social science of stop-and-frisk tactics by the police
2014 study by Yale examining recent scholarship on the effectiveness of “stop, question and frisk” and how it affects public perceptions of and interactions with the police.
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Community-oriented policing strategies: Meta-analysis of law enforcement practices
2014 study in the Journal of Experimental Criminology measuring the effectiveness of community policing in the United States through a quantitative analysis of prior academic studies.
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Exploring the worldviews of young black men in America: Research chat with sociologist Alford A. Young, Jr.
2015 interview with University of Michigan sociologist Alford A. Young Jr., whose work has explored the lives and outlooks of young African-American males.
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Juvenile incarceration and its impact on high school graduation rates and adult jail time
2015 study in The Quarterly Journal of Economics showing how early incarceration hurts high school graduation rates and increases the chances of further contact with the criminal justice system.
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Business formation by minorities and people without wealth: Research brief
2014 research brief on the role of social networks and community-based organizations in business formation, by Colleen Casey of U.T. Arlington and the Scholars Strategy Network.
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