As with most aspects of criminal justice in sub-Saharan Africa, the death penalty as it currently exists in law is a colonial import. Criminal justice before the modern era was a private matter.
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Police in Lowell, Massachusetts and Memphis, Tennessee are using a new approach designed to help them build trust while enforcing the law.
What we need is an examination of whether we’re looking at terrorism the right way to begin with.
New Horizons mission members have worked on the project for even longer than it’s taken the spacecraft to get to Pluto. They’ve planned, built and researched – and now their efforts are paying off.
There were more airstrikes against ISIS this July 4 weekend. Most politicians agree that ‘war is the answer.’ But here’s an argument that peacebuilding is the only realistic way to defeat ISIS.
English songs from the US and the UK are typically taught to kids around the world. With English now a language of many cultures, why not incorporate songs from the world?
ISIS victories in Iraq do not come out of the blue; the group’s military success results from a long history of tensions between Sunnis and Shia and US policies that fostered such tension.
The decisive Conservative victory in the UK may deal a blow to the “special relationship” with the United States on issues of global defense and security.
Meet the indoor shopping mall’s hipper, “New Urbanist” cousin.
As of January 30, 102 people in 14 states were reported to have measles, and most of these cases are tied to the outbreak that began at Disneyland in December. Public health officials are citing an increase…
Google has managed to map most of the world. Recently, the company offered a behind-the-scenes glimpse into how it’s built the Google Maps application using a combination of technology (the Google Street…
How do we humans end up using language in a way that conforms to grammatical rules? Recent research, using artificially designed languages, has disproved what many scientists used to think, that grammar…
China’s rapid economic growth, and the development of Shanghai, Chongqing, and Shenzen into modern metropolises, might easily give observers the sense of a successful country, full of confidence. Clearly…
People who love animals and open spaces often have little use for other people. Naturalist David Attenborough recently described humans as “a plague on earth”. David Foreman of Earth First has set a goal…
The amount of solar radiation passing through Earth’s atmosphere and reaching the ground globally peaked in the 1930s, substantially decreased from the 1940s to the 1970s, and changed little after that…
Extreme weather caused by global warming poses a growing risk to Australia’s crop lands, cities and iconic sites like Kakadu National Park, according to a new report that calls for global emissions to…
Data analysis from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology has confirmed last summer was the hottest on record, with January the hottest month recorded since 1910, when records began. Average temperatures…
Market-distorting fossil fuel subsidies rose 30% from 2010 to 2011, stymying efforts to boost the renewables sector and reduce greenhouse emissions worldwide, a new global report has found. The 2012 World…
What happens when you teach students how to lie? Answer: they become better historians. More than a decade ago, back in the days of Web 0.5, a student of mine submitted a generally well-written essay on…
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PhD Candidate in Economics, George Mason University
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Dean of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University
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Visiting Professor, George Mason University
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Associate Professor of Information Systems and Operations Management, George Mason University
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Adam Smith Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University
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Assistant Professor, George Mason University
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Assistant Professor of Education, George Mason University
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Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science, George Mason University
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Professor and Director of the Program on Prevention of Mass Violence, George Mason University
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Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, George Mason University
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Assistant Professor of Engineering, George Mason University
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Professor of Management, George Mason University
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Assistant Professor of International Security & Law, George Mason University
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Associate Professor of Nonprofit Studies, George Mason University
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Assistant Professor of Urban Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, George Mason University
