Right-wing extremism in Europe and beyond: Research roundup
2013 roundup of academic studies, published in the past few years, that shed light on the dynamics of right-wing extremism in Europe and provide wider political context.
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Economic and social implications of regulating alcohol availability in grocery stores
2013 study from Cornell and Colorado State suggesting that the broader sale of wine among local stores is not associated with greater health risks.
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Does strengthening self-defense law deter crime or escalate violence?
2012 paper from Texas A&M done for the National Bureau of Economic Research looks at how “stand your ground” laws — based on “castle doctrine” — affect rates of violence in states.
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Violent crime in the United States: Youth, minorities and public awareness
2013 review of key government reports and surveys that provide perspective on trends in various violent crime rates, with a focus on youth and racial groups.
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Hot spots policing and crime prevention strategies: Ongoing research
2013 review of scholarship on new policing programs to reduce crime and their outcomes. Also discussed are data analytics and “predictive policing.”
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Brand-specific consumption of alcohol among underage youth in the United States
2013 study from Boston University and Johns Hopkins providing the first available national estimates of youth alcohol brand preference.
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Can wages buy honesty? The relationship between relative wages and employee theft
2012 study from the University of Illinois and Harvard Business School on how higher wages can reduce incidences of theft in the workplace.
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DNA evidence, forensic science and confessions that corrupt
2013 research review of DNA-related research, with a focus on a 2012 study by City University of New York, University of California-Irvine and Nova Southeastern University.
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Cultural cognition of scientific consensus
2010 study by the Yale, George Washington Law School, and the University of Oklahoma on how values shape perceptions of expert agreement and truth.
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Tax havens: Exploring “treasure islands”
Findings from a variety of studies, and a paper in the Journal of Economic Perspectives, on the impact of tax havens on global financial market competition.
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