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The Geography of Drug Market Activities and Child Maltreatment
International Debate
October 11, 2012

The Geography of Drug Market Activities and Child Maltreatment

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Do Adult Drug Courts Produce Other Psychosocial Benefits?
Featured
October 8, 2012

Do Adult Drug Courts Produce Other Psychosocial Benefits?

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Jonathan Haidt on Moral Psychology
Audio
October 1, 2012

Jonathan Haidt on Moral Psychology

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Rebel Manhood
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September 7, 2012

Rebel Manhood

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A Sociologist’s Adventures in Social Media Land

A Sociologist’s Adventures in Social Media Land

Like many academics, I was quite oblivious to the virtues of using digital social media for professional purposes for rather a long time. Then one day earlier this year the scales fell from my eyes.

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Economic Inequality and Political Power (Part 3 of 3)

Economic Inequality and Political Power (Part 3 of 3)

Faith in the wisdom of the affluent to guide public policy has been sorely tested by the enormous costs in money and human suffering resulting from the Great Recession. My data cast further doubt on the notion that representational inequality arises from the greater knowledge or better judgment of those with higher incomes.

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Economic Inequality and Political Power (Part 1 of 3)

Economic Inequality and Political Power (Part 1 of 3)

If policy influence becomes so unequal that the wishes of most citizens are ignored most of the time, a country’s claim to be a democracy is cast in doubt. And that is exactly what I found in my analyses of the link between public preferences and government policy in the U.S.

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Hate Rock 101

Hate Rock 101

A sociologist explains why Sikh temple shooter Wade M. Page’s white-power music scene is dying out, just as we’re all discovering it.

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Writing the North Atlantic Bubble: Part 1

Writing the North Atlantic Bubble: Part 1

Sociology is arguably a global project. Significant approaches to the study of society have been developed in many parts of the world. Yet, students in the North Atlantic world do not learn about these approaches, as textbooks interpret the world in terms of scholars of the region.

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Academic Blogging

Academic Blogging

Technology has the potential to share knowledge both further and faster. The 2012 THE Knowledge Exchange / Transfer Initiative of the Year was recently won by LSE for a series of academic blogs, and the managing editors share their thoughts with us about the state, impact, and future of academic blogging

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People are not Only Biological Machines

People are not Only Biological Machines

You can hardly open a newspaper or listen to a factual broadcast without some reference to neuroscience or evolutionary explanations of things that people do, feel or think.

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Getting the Help They Need

Getting the Help They Need

For many, jails may be the only place providing regular access to essential health treatment. Upon release, both health services and medication regimens often abruptly stop with little or no follow up care

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