Domestic violence calls for help increased 20% during the pandemic
Domestic violence rose globally in 2020—so much so that doctors have called it "a pandemic within a pandemic."
Domestic violence rose globally in 2020—so much so that doctors have called it "a pandemic within a pandemic."
Social Sciences
Apr 20, 2021
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Private sector initiatives may be the key to spurring climate action across the political spectrum, particularly among moderates and conservatives.
Economics & Business
Apr 13, 2021
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Heavy caseloads, job stress and biases can strain relations between parole and probation officers and their clients, upping offenders' likelihood of landing back behind bars.
Social Sciences
Mar 30, 2021
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The European Union's top court on Thursday rejected an effort by a Scandinavian youth group and families around the world to force the EU to set more ambitious targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, arguing that they ...
Environment
Mar 25, 2021
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For Black girls in the juvenile justice system, attention from a caregiver might amount to too much of a bad thing, a recent study suggests.
Social Sciences
Mar 4, 2021
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Social psychologist Robert Livingston has spent decades studying racism and advising businesses and nonprofits how to confront it in their workplaces. In a new book, "The Conversation: How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About ...
Social Sciences
Feb 23, 2021
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New research by Morgan Philbin, Ph.D., at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health and colleagues looks at why Black young men who have sex with men (YMSM) are disproportionately subject to high rates of arrest ...
Social Sciences
Feb 9, 2021
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Case Western Reserve University researchers examine how the 'bureaucratic burden' of taking rapists off the streets can impede justice—often for society's most vulnerable
Social Sciences
Feb 8, 2021
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When different groups of people come into contact, what's the key to motivating advantaged racial groups to join historically disadvantaged racial minority groups to strive for racial equality and social justice? It's a complex ...
Social Sciences
Feb 2, 2021
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Over the last three decades, the United States prison population has exploded from 300,000 to more than 2 million. More than 1.1 million are African American men—the vast number of whom have returned within one to three ...
Social Sciences
Feb 2, 2021
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