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...Lockup Factor In his book Why Crime Rates Fell, Tufts University sociologist John Conklin concluded that up to half of the improvement was due to a single factor: more people in prison. The U.S. prison population grew by more than half a million during the 1990s and continued to grow, although more slowly, in the next decade. Go back half a century: as sentencing became more lenient in the 1960s and '70s, the crime rate started to rise. When lawmakers responded to the crime wave by building prisons and mandating tough sentences, the number of prisoners increased and the number...
...story is a little different for the men, 59% of whom stated a racial preference. Of these, nearly half selected Asians, but fewer than 7% did for black women. Why? One theory offered by the study's lead author, Cynthia Feliciano, a sociologist at the University of California at Irvine, is that men's choices are influenced by the media's portrayal of Asian women as being hypersexual and black women as being bossy...
...service members, the inquiry demonstrates that the military has still not come to terms with the core issue: how best to prevent a troubled soldier from becoming an unlawful killer. Until it does that, any steps recommended to prevent another Nidal Malik Hasan or another Steven Green will be half measures at best...
After shooting 20 percent from deep against Cornell, the Crimson lit it up from beyond the arc, knocking down 10 three-pointers on 22 attempts. McNally led the Harvard sharpshooters, hitting five treys on the night and four in the first half alone...
McNally came out firing, and before the first half ended, the sophomore had already surpassed his previous career high of 18 points. McNally tallied his career-matching point with 4:03 left in the half when co-captain Jeremy Lin attacked the basket and then kicked it out to the sophomore, who was spotted up on the perimeter. McNally’s shot sailed through the hoop, giving Harvard the 34-16 lead and McNally a personal 18-16 edge over the Lions...