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Police department design, political pressure, and racial inequality in arrests

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper theorizes a source of bias in discretionary arrests: strategic limits on police officer learning. Officers have a variety of tactics at their disposal besides arrest that they use for less serious offenses when they judge the underlying behavior to be less severe. In departments led by a chief with special expertise in crime control,
Andrew J. McCall
wiley   +1 more source

An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Recently, scholars have increasingly examined the unique blending of Christian and political ideology known as Christian nationalism. During this period, the US Supreme Court has increasingly ruled in ways that favor Christian nationalism, and Court watchers have criticized several justices for showing bias toward Christianity at best and ...
Miles T. Armaly   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Lessons Learned for Obesity Prevention and Care from Five Integrated Programs. [PDF]

open access: yesNAM Perspect, 2021
Dietz WH   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

A drag on the ticket? Estimating top‐of‐the‐ticket effects on down‐ballot races

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Political Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Campaign staff, journalists, and political scientists commonly attribute the poor performances of a party's down‐ballot candidates to low‐quality or extreme top‐of‐the‐ticket candidates, but empirical evidence on this conventional wisdom is scant. We estimate the effect of candidate quality and ideology in gubernatorial and U.S.
Kevin DeLuca   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

How hatred of abortion providers is propagated in social media: an investigation of YouTube videos. [PDF]

open access: yesSex Reprod Health Matters
Tavrow P   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Ethical Considerations Regarding the Vaccination of Children—The Power Dynamics Between Doctors and Parents

open access: yesActa Paediatrica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While childhood vaccination programmes provide outstanding contributions to improving health, they can also pose challenges through the interactions between parents and healthcare. This paper focuses on the ethical dimensions of interactions between healthcare professionals and parents. Since the knowledge that professionals possess creates an
Mikael Sandlund   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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