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The Latest Misfires In Support Of The ‘More Guns, Less Crime’ Hypothesis, John Donohue, Ian Ayres
The Latest Misfires In Support Of The ‘More Guns, Less Crime’ Hypothesis, John Donohue, Ian Ayres
Ian Ayres
No abstract provided.
The Limits Of Empirical Political Science And The Possibilities Of Living-Constitution Theory For A Retrospective On The Rehnquist Court, Eric R. Claeys
The Limits Of Empirical Political Science And The Possibilities Of Living-Constitution Theory For A Retrospective On The Rehnquist Court, Eric R. Claeys
Saint Louis University Law Journal
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Segregation And Resegregation In North Carolina’S Public School Classrooms, Charles T. Clotfelter, Helen F. Ladd, Jacob L. Vigdor
Segregation And Resegregation In North Carolina’S Public School Classrooms, Charles T. Clotfelter, Helen F. Ladd, Jacob L. Vigdor
Faculty Scholarship
Although many studies have used information at the school level to measure the degree of racial segregation between schools, the absence of more detailed data has limited the analysis of segregation within schools. Using a rich set of administrative data on North Carolina public schools, we examine patterns of enrollment both across and within schools, allowing us to assess the comparative importance of segregation of each type and how they interact. To examine patterns in upper as well as lower grades, we perform separate tabulations for 1st, 4th, 7th, and 10th grades. The data make possible what we believe to …
Caught In The Crossfire: A Defense Of The Cultural Theory Of Gun-Risk Perceptions, Donald Braman, Dan M. Kahan
Caught In The Crossfire: A Defense Of The Cultural Theory Of Gun-Risk Perceptions, Donald Braman, Dan M. Kahan
GW Law Faculty Publications & Other Works
In this article, Dan Kahan and Donald Braman expand upon the cultural theory of gun-risk perception and respond to the commentaries on their previous article, More Statistics, Less Persuasion: A Cultural Theory of Gun-Risk Perceptions, 151 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1291 (2003). Their critics argue that the authors are too quick to dismiss the power of empirical information to influence individuals’ positions on gun control. But in analyzing the variety of their critics’ arguments, Kahan and Braman note the strange pattern of opinions that has emerged on the relative importance of culture and data in the gun debate. What could …