The struggle to restore voting rights for former prisoners: Research brief
2014 research brief on efforts to restore voting rights to former felons, by Michael Leo Owens of Emory University and the Scholars Strategy Network.
Race & Gender
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topics of race and gender
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First-time juvenile offenders, probation and recidivism: Evidence from Los Angeles
2014 study in Social Work Research on the varying rates of re-offending based on the punishment given to youths for criminal behavior.
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Research findings on women, business leadership and the “Lehman sisters” hypothesis
2014 review of scholarship in Cambridge Journal of Economics on whether or not having more women in leadership roles can help eliminate risky firm behavior.
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America’s prison system and its relationship to civic trust and democracy: Research brief
2014 research brief from the University of Minnesota outlining new scholarly findings about the U.S. prison systems and its consequences.
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Expanding Medicaid is cost-effective and popular, so why are so many states resisting?
2014 research brief on the reasons behind some states’ resistance to the expansion of Medicaid, by Colleen M. Grogan of the University of Chicago.
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Testing exclusionary attitudes toward immigrants: Research on intergroup contact
2014 study from Harvard that shows how contact with others of different backgrounds can affect majority community attitudes.
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Disadvantages of America’s prison boom: Research brief
2013 research overview of prison rates in America and their social consequences, by Bruce Western, Harvard University, and Becky Pettit, University of Washington, Seattle.
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Gender and development in Africa: Roundup of recent research
2014 review of research and data on gender and African women, including four new papers in the Journal of African Economies.
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Syllabus: Reporting race, gender and diversity in America
Semester-long course on how to fairly and ethically cover diverse communities, which can often include not only race and ethnicity, but also religion, sexual orientation, national origin and more.
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Women in the U.S. military and combat roles: Research roundup
2012 research review of relevant studies and data relating to the issues facing U.S. servicewomen.
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