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.
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Violence in schools: Research findings on underlying dynamics, response and prevention
2014 literature review of academic studies relating to various aspects of mass shooting and murder incidents in United States schools.
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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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Mass shootings, U.S. data and Fort Hood: Relevant research
2013 roundup of relevant data, reports, studies that can help contextualize the Washington Navy Yard shooting incident.
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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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The impact of crime on property values: Research roundup
2014 selection of studies and papers on the relationship between crime and properties values. Includes research on the United States and internationally.
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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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The effect of CCTV on public safety: Research roundup
Updated in 2014, this review of literature on the effectiveness of surveillance cameras against crime includes a 2009 meta-analysis by Northeastern and the University of Cambridge.
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Heroin use in the United States: Data and recent trends
2014 review of relevant reports and studies on the issue of heroin abuse and availability in the United States as well as the drug’s sources around the world.
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Mentally ill offenders involved with the U.S. criminal justice system
2013 study from Chatham University published in Sage Open on research relating to mentally ill offenders.
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