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Prison admissions rose 3% in district attorney election years during 'tough on crime' era

New research from Northwestern Pritzker School of Law suggests that public sentiment associated with "tough on crime" politics may be tied to increases in the number of people admitted to state prisons during election years.

Prison admissions rose 3% in district attorney election years during 'tough on crime' era

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PsyPost deploys audit program to track retracted and corrected scientific studies in its archive

When science corrects itself, science news should too. PsyPost has launched a custom Python program to daily audit its archive against Retraction Watch and Crossref, ensuring readers are promptly…

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Paul Seibert

Affiliation: Bay Area Environmental Research Institute, NASA Ames Research Center Division: Earth Science Division (SG) Email: paul.o.seibert@nasa.gov Personal Biography Paul Seibert is a postdoctoral…

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