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The Case for Alternative Voting Methods: The Impact of State Electoral Laws on Voter Turnout
(2020-12)State laws determine alternative voting options and play a role in U.S. voter turnout as a result. Studies of voter turnout focus on voter registration, access, and mobilization factors aggregated at the national level. ... -
Do Current Use of Force Policies Reduce the Level of Injury for Civilians and Officers? A Study of the Effectiveness of Existing Police Policies and How They Contribute to Nation-Wide Upset
(2021-05)Current policing research evaluates effectiveness of added procedures boosting accountability, whether less lethal weapons are effective in replacing lethal weapons when force is required, or how policies differ across the ... -
An Economic and Public Health Preparedness Analysis on Personal Protective Equipment Tariffs in the COVID-19 Era
(2020-12)Existing research on the rise of trade protectionism during the Trump administration to recover the trade deficit and improve the unemployment rate suggests that high tariffs have protected countries’ national economies. ... -
The Effects of a Patent Application's Technology on the Patent Prosecution Process
(2020-12)Existing research on patent prosecution relies on limited data sets containing granted patents, which excludes a population of applications that end in terminal abandonment. Furthermore, previous research generally focuses ... -
Impacts of State Pretrial Detention Policies on Jail Populations and Crime Rates: Implications for Bail Reform
(2021-08)Pretrial detention policies in the United States contribute to hundreds of thousands of unconvicted people being held in jail on any given day, either because they cannot afford bail or have been denied bail based on a ... -
Is Social Media a Virus: How Social Media Influences Attitudes Toward COVID-19
(2021-12)Recent research on the utilization of social media for receiving COVID-19 information finds most individuals utilize social media for knowledge on vaccines and evolving social distancing policies. Existing research on the ... -
Lowering Crime in Manhattan: The Effects of Implementing Predictive Policing Methods on Crime Rates
(2021-08)Current research shows an unclear picture of the impact predictive policing has on decreasing crime rates. Surging police officers to high-crime “hot spots” does lead to some deterrence; however, the practice is unsustainable ... -
Media Matters: Developing a Media Driven Model to Understand Bill Passage Rate in the Arizona State Legislature
(2020-12)The influence of media effects on policy is well documented. Existing research often points to clear relationships between media attention on national issues and legislative activity on those issues; increased attention ... -
Medicaid Expansion and Effects on Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality
(2021-08)The Medicaid expansion has impacted several areas within the United States healthcare system including infant mortality rate. This research revisits racial disparities in infant mortality rate that were previously analyzed ... -
Mental Health and Employment in TANF Families
(2021-08)One of the main goals of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) is to return parents to work, yet parents receiving TANF experience various barriers to employment that are not easily remedied. One of those barriers ... -
Money Talks: The Role of Income & Financial Security in Determining Immigration Attitudes
(2020-12)Existing research on public attitudes toward immigration policy in the United States is divided. Lack of contact with immigrants and threat perception are two popular determinants that allegedly explain restrictionist ... -
Other Social Effects: A Time-Series Analysis Comparing Social Vulnerability Changes Between Lower & Higher Income Communities from Flood Control Projects
(2021-08)In January 2021, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) released a memorandum requiring future projects to be justified beyond National Economic Development benefits. The incorporation of Other Social Effects ... -
Patterns of Poverty: A Regional Exploration of Poverty in America
(2022-05)Existing research on American poverty largely focuses on the national average experience of poverty, offering sweeping conclusions. This article describes regional differences in poverty outcomes, challenging the notion ... -
Pregnancy-Related Deaths on the Rise Amidst Increasing Restrictions: Assessing the Effect of State-Level Abortion Policies on Women's Wellbeing
(2020-12)Women’s barriers to abortion across the United States have been well-studied and documented, though there is limited research on the extent to which abortion policies effect women’s wellbeing medically and financially ... -
The Price of Transgender Military Service: Do Public Opinions on Government Defense Spending Predict Support for Allowing Transgender People to Serve?
(2022-05)While a significant body of research exists regarding public attitudes toward the transgender community, little has been conducted specifically concerning views on transgender military service. Existing scholarship suggests ... -
Schools of Encanto: Puerto Rico's Schools Closure Policy Study Case
(2022-05)Current research on school closures in the United States uses observational methods aiming to measure students’ academic performance; however, studies are limited to big cities and either elementary or high school students. ... -
Shifting from Individual to Community Measures: The Impact of the Healthy Corner Stores Initiative on Obesity Rates in Washington, DC
(2021-12)In recent years local health departments have worked to address the impacts of food insecurity through environment-based food intervention programs. Program evaluations on intervention effectiveness typically focus on the ... -
Trump or Bust: How Political Identification Impacts Opinions on Health Reform
(2022-05)Considerable research has been conducted on the development of one’s political ideology and its impact on opinions regarding policy. This study contributes to this body of research by studying factors which influence the ...