Study finds racial disparities in school discipline
Through a recent study, a University of Kentucky doctoral student found racial disparities in disciplinary policies in American middle and high schools.
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Feb 24, 2016
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News tagged with punishment
'Targeted punishments' against countries could tackle climate change
Targeted punishments could provide a path to international climate change cooperation, new research in game theory has found.
Social Sciences
Aug 25, 2015
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Opinion: It's important to understand why some people support capital punishment
After eight years on death row, Yakub Memon, who was convicted in 2007 for his role in financing the deadly 1993 Mumbai bombings in which 257 people died, was hanged at a prison in Nagpur, India.
Social Sciences
Aug 4, 2015
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The problem with solitary confinement
It's a practice that has been in the news since the Ashley Smith case first made headlines and, last week, the Ontario government announced it had launched a review of its solitary confinement policies.
Social Sciences
Apr 1, 2015
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Research shows belief in supernatural punishment, rather than 'big gods' of religion gave rise to complex societies
(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with ties to several different institutions in Australia has published a paper in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B refuting claims made by other researchers that the advent ...
Researchers call for immediate end to corporal punishment in Florida schools
A team of University of Florida researchers is calling for an immediate end to paddling students in all state public schools, citing its new study of classroom disciplinary trends that depicts corporal punishment as violent ...
Social Sciences
Jan 22, 2015
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Carrot or stick? Game-theory can optimize collaboration
What motivates people to cooperate in collaborative endeavors? "First carrot, then stick". Tatsuya Sasaki, mathematician from the University of Vienna, has put forth for the first time ever a mathematical proof of this process. ...
Mathematics
Dec 3, 2014
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How do we punish norm violators?
An international team of researchers including Loukas Balafoutas (University of Innsbruck), Nikos Nikiforakis (NYU Abu Dhabi) and Bettina Rockenbach (University of Cologne) has conducted pioneering research on the question ...
Social Sciences
Oct 29, 2014
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Compensation and punishment: 'Justice' depends on whether or not we're a victim
We're more likely to punish wrongdoing as a third party to a non-violent offense than when we're victimized by it, according to a new study by New York University psychology researchers. The findings, which appear in the ...
Social Sciences
Oct 28, 2014
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Yes, physically disciplining kids is an act of violence
Children endure many forms of violence, from slapping and pushing, to fatal assaults; almost one in five of the world's homicide victims in 2012 were under 20.
Social Sciences
Sep 18, 2014
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