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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Suicide among adults aged 35-64 years: United States, 1999-2010
2013 report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention noting that the suicide rate for middle-aged Americans has been increasing.
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Declining influence of the United States Constitution
2012 study in New York University Law Review on the similarity between the U.S. Constitution and other international constitutions between 1946-2006.
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Laws and policies that attempt to reduce firearm violence: Research review
2013 review of relevant research on guns in the United States, including a 2012 study in Crime and Delinquency on the effectiveness of U.S. gun violence reduction policies.
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The (non)violent world of YouTube: Content trends in Web video
2012 study in Journal of Communication showing how violence is less prevalent on YouTube than it is on network television.
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Source of offenders’ firearms in states with the least stringent gun laws
2013 study in the journal Injury Prevention evaluates relationship between the strength of state gun laws and offenders’ acquisition of firearms.
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Go where the money is: Modeling street robbers’ location choices
2012 study from Loyola University of Chicago and the Netherlands Institute in the Journal of Economic Geography on how street robberies cluster in certain areas, and why.
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Using public health methods to investigate the diffusion of homicide
2012 study from Michigan State University published in Justice Quarterly on the diffusion of homicide clusters in a low-income city.
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Pew Research: Gun rights, abortion, gay marriage views over time
2012 Pew Research Center report with new survey information from more than 3,000 people on social issues and historical comparative data.
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Witnesses in action: The effect of physical exertion on recall and recognition
2012 report published in Psychological Science on physical exertion and the credibility of eyewitness reports.
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