Same-sex marriage: Research roundup
Selection of academic scholarship on the dynamics of the same-sex marriage debate in the public square and within lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities.
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Using the Enron e-mail archive to understand corporate political attention
2013 study in Legislative Studies Quarterly on the nature of Enron’s efforts to influence the Congressional and regulatory rule-making process.
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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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Crime in immigrant neighborhoods: Evidence from New York City
2012 study from Columbia and Simon Fraser University on the relationship between crime rates and immigration status, poverty, employment and education.
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Justice Department vs. AP: Perspectives on a First Amendment fight
2013 aggregation of documents on the emerging controversy over the Justice Department’s decision to review phone records of Associated Press reporters.
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How should inmates be released from prison? Parole versus fixed-sentence regimes
2013 study from Columbia University demonstrating the importance of parole boards and their effectiveness in reducing recidivism.
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Workplace violence in America: Frequency and effects
2013 research review on U.S. workplace violence. Data sources include the National Crime Victimization Survey and the Bureau of Labor and Statistics.
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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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U.S. State Department: International narcotics control strategy report, 2013
2011 report from the State Department’s Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs on major drug-transit and drug-producing countries.
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