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Subsidized housing, public housing and adolescent violence and substance use
Source: JournalistsResource.orgHot spots policing and crime prevention strategies: Ongoing research
Source: JournalistsResource.orgCan wages buy honesty? The relationship between relative wages and employee theft
Source: JournalistsResource.orgRespect for human rights has improved over time: Modeling the changing standard of accountability
Source: JournalistsResource.orgNeighborhood violence and urban youth
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Research shows that early exposure to violence can lead to problems such as substance abuse and delinquency. However, studies have not always controlled for factors that could lead to the same results, such as poverty and low education levels. Whether or not exposure to violence is truly the chief factor explaining negative cognitive and behavioral outcomes for young people in urban settings has remained an area in need of further inquiry.
How judges understand, try to address racial disparities in the criminal court process
Source: JournalistsResource.orgHow state policy affects how guns move between states
Source: JournalistsResource.org“Community prosecution”: Chicago’s experience in reducing crime and incarceration rates
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In August 2013, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder made headlines when he asserted that new approaches were needed in prosecuting low-level drug-related crimes, with the goal of lowering incarceration rates and reducing the overcrowding of prisons, among other things.