In the pioneering days of the juvenile corrections system, social workers often served as the primary probation officers who rehabilitated young offenders. As the field of corrections became dominated by law enforcement officers, ...
Social Sciences
Feb 17, 2012
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Not all nonprofits are created equal—and some exist mainly to capitalize on a tax law loophole that allows them to anonymously funnel donations to political causes. New University of Oregon research proposes an index that ...
Economics & Business
Jul 6, 2023
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(AP)—For years, Karnataka's land records were a quagmire of disputed, forged documents maintained by thousands of tyrannical bureaucrats who demanded bribes to do their jobs. In 2002, hopes emerged that this was about to ...
Environment
Dec 25, 2012
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The increasing interdependencies between the world's technological, socio-economic, and environmental systems have the potential to create global catastrophic risks. We may have to redesign global networks, concludes Professor ...
Economics & Business
May 1, 2013
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Racial bias may contribute to the overrepresentation of African-American children in the child welfare system, a new study says.
Social Sciences
Jun 14, 2011
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Scientists at the Francis Crick Institute, in collaboration with University of Kent, have used gene editing technology to create female-only and male-only mice litters with 100% efficiency.
Plants & Animals
Dec 3, 2021
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(AP) -- Britain has added volcanoes and solar storms to floods, flu and terrorism on a list of threats to national security.
Environment
Mar 18, 2012
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African Americans are significantly more likely to be sanctioned by the United States welfare system than whites, according to research published in the June issue of the American Sociological Review, the flagship journal ...
Social Sciences
Jun 1, 2009
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Leon Cantas' doctoral research shows that the immune response of the host to a bacterial infection may have a significant effect on the development of bacteria's resistance to antibiotics.
Cell & Microbiology
Jun 18, 2013
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Although government spending on the child welfare system totaled US$33 billion in 2018, the most recent year for which an estimate is available, it's still failing to meet all children's needs because of overwhelming demand.
Social Sciences
May 18, 2022
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