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A prisoner grabs onto the bars of a jail cell.
Explaining Dimensions of State-level Punitiveness in the United States: The Roles of Social, Economic, and Cultural Factors
States with large African-American populations are more likely to have harsher incarceration practices, worse conditions of confinement and tougher policies toward juveniles compared with other states, according to a study led by Katharine Neill, the Alfred C. Glassell III Postdoctoral Fellow in Drug Policy.
Katharine Neill Harris, Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, John C. Morris August 13, 2014
Many oil pumps at work in a field.
The Political Economy of Oil Production in Latin America
The 1990s witnessed a significant increase in investments in the oil and gas sector in Latin America. Recently, however, the region has experienced a new wave of resource nationalism, with increases in the government's take and state control. This recent trend is largely the outcome of the rise in the international oil price.
Osmel Manzano, Francisco J. Monaldi November 18, 2008