Media Relations
Tuesday,
November 25,
2003
Criminal Justice Department
Indiana University faculty members will discuss their research, including studies of the relationship between alcohol sales and violent crime and the effects of 1990s welfare reform on poor women during the recent recession, at the American Sociological Association's 2011 Annual Meeting on Aug. 20-23 in Las Vegas.
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Randy Steidl, who was nearly executed for a crime he didn't commit and went on to become the public face of the abolition of the death penalty in Illinois, will tell his story later this month during visits to Indiana University campuses in Bloomington and Indianapolis. Steidl will speak at IU Bloomington on April 12 and at IUPUI on April 14.
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Research presented this week by Indiana University Bloomington faculty member Nathalie M.G. Fontain at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science highlights the importance of callous-unemotional traits (CU) in identifying children at risk of antisocial behavior and other adjustment problems.
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More alcohol sales sites in a neighborhood equate to more violence and the highest assault rates are associated with carry-out sites selling alcohol for off-premise consumption, according to new research released today (Feb. 21) by two Indiana University professors.
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Scientists from the Indiana University School of Medicine and IU Bloomington are presenting on timely issues at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in San Diego, Feb 18 - 22. IU Bloomington biologist Ellen Ketterson will also be honored as one of the association's newest fellows.
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Piracy taking place off the coast of Somalia is, from a legal perspective, very close to terrorism, and there are legal mechanisms for dealing with both, says Steve Russell, associate professor in the Indiana University Bloomington Department of Criminal Justice.
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