States with stricter firearms laws had lower firearm-related deaths among children and adolescents, finds research…
‘Racist Police Officer’ Stereotype May Become a Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Belief in the “racist police officer” stereotype may become a self-fulfilling prophecy for law enforcement officers and lead to increased support for forceful or threatening policing tactics, according to research published by…
New Cars Are Safer, but Women Most Likely to Suffer Injury
Cars built in the last decade have been shown to be safer than older models, including in the most common types of crashes – frontal collisions. However, a new study conducted by…
Using Artificial Intelligence to Detect Discrimination
A new artificial intelligence (AI) tool for detecting unfair discrimination–such as on the basis of race or gender–has been created by researchers at Penn State and Columbia University. Preventing unfair treatment of…
Analyzing the Tweets of Republicans and Democrats
New Stanford linguistics research has analyzed how Republicans and Democrats use different language when discussing mass shootings on social media and found that Republicans talk more about the shooter and Democrats focus…
Private Prisons Have a Political Role in Corrections Issues in the U.S.
Private prisons play a political role in immigration and incarceration issues in the United States and the industry may face obstacles as well as opportunities in the current political landscape, a new…
