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Do body cameras change how police interact with the public?
Source: JournalistsResource.orgInmate relationships with prison staff: Research roundup
Source: JournalistsResource.orgAnimal poaching: How tracking technology could help prevent wildlife crime, extinctions
Source: JournalistsResource.orgDo judges vary in their treatment of race?
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Mass shootings, U.S. data and Fort Hood: Relevant research
Source: JournalistsResource.orgNews of another mass shooting at Ford Hood, Texas, follows other recent high-profile mass killings, such as the murder of 12 people at the Washington Navy Yard on Sept. 16, 2013. As the investigation continues to unfold — and more is learned about the perpetrator and the experience of victims — it is worth considering some relevant data and academic findings that may help contextualize these events.
The online gun market: A legal analysis of impacts on gun control
Source: JournalistsResource.orgU.S. State Department: International narcotics control strategy report, 2013
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The Foreign Relations Appropriations Act requires that the President submit an annual report identifying countries that produce or serve as transit points for illicit drugs. Based on the report, formal U.S. assistance under the Foreign Operations Appropriations Act may be withheld from countries designated to have “failed demonstrably” to meet their obligations to curb the drug trade.
Linking income inequality and violent crime: Data from Mexico's "drug war"
Source: JournalistsResource.orgAnalyzing race, crime and urban violence, after Ferguson: Research perspectives and data
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Few public issues are more weighted with tragic history, negative stereotypes and complex social dynamics than the intersection of race and violence in America. In the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson, Mo., and the controversial legal fallout — and now with a New York grand jury’s decision not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner — commentators and media members continue to formulate theories and opinions of all kinds.