Why do (some) city police departments enforce federal immigration law?
2012 study in Journal of Public Administration Research about variation in local enforcement of immigration laws.
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Do judges vary in their treatment of race?
2012 paper from the University of Pennsylvania, University of Chicago and Harvard University on defendant race and unequal sentencing decisions.
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Wage and hour violations in urban labor markets
2012 study by the City University of New York and the University of California, Los Angeles, on labor-law violations in urban centers in the United States.
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Political and judicial checks on corruption: Evidence from American state governments
2008 study in Economics & Politics on how the theory of the balance of powers plays out at the state level, and how partisan influence can change dynamics.
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Impact of jury race and selection on verdicts in criminal trials
2012 study by Duke University published in The Quarterly Journal of Economics on the racial composition of a jury and criminal court outcomes.
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Congressional-Executive Commission on China annual report 2011
2011 report by the Congressional-Executive Commission on China on human rights abuses and commercial and trade issues in China.
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Contemporary hate crimes, law enforcement and the legacy of racial violence
2009 paper published in the American Sociological Association on links between historical lynching and contemporary hate crimes.
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Impact of noneconomic damages cap on health care delivery in hospitals
2012 Seton Hall University study on the health-care impacts of limits on noneconomic damages in malpractice suits.
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Influence of corporate campaign contributions in government contract award decisions
2011 study from St. Louis University on the success of corporations in securing government contracts through campaign donations.
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Malpractice risk according to physician specialty
2011 study in the New England Journal of Medicine on the proportion of physicians facing malpractice claims and the cumulative career risk of being sued.
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