Round-up of recent social science research (from SAGE Insight)

Published on 01/13/2012  by Lorna McConville

• Are online newspapers the modern day equivalent of 19th century bourgeois cafés for democratic discussions? (The International Journal of Press/Politics)
• Over time, awareness of common humanity reduces empathy and heightens perpetrators expectations of forgiveness (Social Psychological and Personality Science)
• Health and environmental consequences of illegal residential marijuana grow operations (Indoor and Built Environment)
• FIFA, ICRS team up to keep soccer players on their feet: Cartilage supplement adds to campaign to prevent injury (Cartilage)
• Taking steps to prevent ‘going postal’: HR practices preventing workplace violence (Advances in Developing Human Resources
• Pharmacists crucial in plan for terrorist chemical weapons (Journal of Pharmacy Practice)
• Football could contribute to strokes in adolescents (Journal of Child Neurology)
• Meritocracy favors men over women (Administrative Science Quarterly)
• Inconsistent evaluations may affect promotion of women in law firms (Social Psychological and Personality Science)
• Costly intervention programme has no measurable effect on early retirement (Clinical Rehabilitation)

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