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A panel of experts will discuss how issues of race affect the implementation of the death penalty on Tuesday, April 1, at the Indiana University School of Law--Bloomington. The program, titled "Intersection of Race and Jury Composition with the Death Penalty," will take place from noon to 1 p.m. in the law school's Moot Court Room.
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The Indiana University Center for Studies of Law in Action, which for decades has trained police officers and forensic laboratory technicians, has been honored by the International Council on Alcohol, Drugs and Traffic Safety in recognition of the contributions the center has made to alcohol and traffic safety awareness and education. Past recipients of this international award include the British Medical Society, the National Safety Council and Mothers Against Drunk Driving.
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The rapidly changing media environment of American adolescents is having both positive and negative effects on their development, according to Roger Levesque, a specialist on adolescents and the law at Indiana University Bloomington and editor of the Journal of Youth and Adolescence. In his new book, Adolescents, Media and the Law: What Developmental Science Reveals and Free Speech Requires (Oxford University Press), Levesque integrates research on what the law considers "speech" in adolescent development with research on policies regulating adolescents' rights and their place in society.
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Crime and violence against abortion clinics are no longer in the headlines, but that doesn't mean they no longer happen. A new study reports on the ongoing vandalism and harassment that are part of the job for those who work in many abortion clinics nationwide.
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Indiana University Bloomington professors discuss some of the enduring effects of the September 11th terrorism attacks with respect to aviation safety, military intelligence, the Department of Homeland Security and research on bioterrorism.
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Nearly 50 professors and graduate students from Indiana University will be presenting research or otherwise participating in the American Sociological Association's annual meeting in Montreal Aug. 11-14. "Criminological transition" in Russia, the male marriage bonus and voter turnout trends are just some of the IU research findings that will be discussed.
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