When police forces grow, homicides drop and low-level arrests increase
What happens when a city increases the size of its police force?
What happens when a city increases the size of its police force?
Other
Nov 24, 2021
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No one knows just how many Indigenous girls or women go missing each year.
Political science
Nov 24, 2021
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Across the United States, reports of autistic youth experiencing dangerous, life-altering and even fatal interactions with the criminal justice system are becoming more common. Research suggests that autistic individuals ...
Social Sciences
Nov 11, 2021
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Although many Americans favor expanding background checks for gun purchases, gun-control measures in Congress have failed to garner enough votes to pass. In contrast, some state legislatures have enacted measures to reduce ...
Social Sciences
Oct 22, 2021
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Imprisonment rates in Australia are currently the highest they have been in a century, despite a significant fall in crime, and the Productivity Commission is stepping in to determine why.
Social Sciences
Oct 22, 2021
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In its hearing on Oct. 13, 2021, the Supreme Court appeared to favor reinstating the death sentence for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, who was found guilty of planting homemade bombs, with the help of his brother, Tamerlan, along the ...
Social Sciences
Oct 15, 2021
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Forensic scientists find a new way of identifying brands of lipstick at a crime scene without removing evidence from its bag.
Analytical Chemistry
Oct 13, 2021
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Mexico's newly politicized government science board has reportedly ordered researchers not to publicly criticize the body, and said they have to clear any public comments through its press office.
Other
Oct 9, 2021
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Young people who have a good relationship with their teacher in childhood are less likely to engage in anti-social behavior in adolescence, a study says.
Social Sciences
Sep 20, 2021
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New research released today by the nonpartisan California Policy Lab (CPL) shows that as the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted daily lives, crime in California and across the country also changed in dramatic ways. CPL analyzed ...
Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2021
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