Firearm ownership and homicide across the United States
2002 study published in the American Journal of Public Health on the relationship between firearm-ownership rates and homicide rates.
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State and local immigration enforcement in the United States
2011 study by the Migration Policy Institute on the state and local enforcement of the federal 287(g) section of the U.S. Immigration and Nationality Act.
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Childhood self-control predicts health, wealth and public safety
2010 study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on the relationship between childhood self-control and its consequences later in life.
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Disparities faced by boys and men of color in California
2009 RAND Corporation study on the disparities between Latino and African-American males and their white counterparts in California.
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School crime control and prevention
2009 Duke University and the University of Maryland study looking at school characteristics that influence the level of crime.
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What cost-of-crime research can tell us about investing in police
2010 RAND Corporation paper on the estimates of the cost of crime, the effectiveness of police force in combating it, and potential benefits of investments in enforcement.
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Neighborhood violence and urban youth
2009 National Bureau of Economic Research paper on the relationship between early exposure to violence and later problems such as substance abuse and delinquency.
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After-school programs’ potential and achievement
2008 review by the Harvard Family Research Project of available research on the relative benefits and required factors for success of after-school programs.
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Red-light cameras for the prevention of road traffic crashes
2005 Imperial College London review of the available scholarship on the impact of red-light cameras on automotive crashes.
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Education reduces crime: Three-state recidivism study
2006 metastudy on the effect of prison education programs on recidivism and post-incarceration employment rates.
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