Category: Policy/Legislation

Study looks at what air travelers will tolerate for non-discriminatory security screening

From the Society for Risk Analysis press release: Mounting anti-terrorism security procedures and the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) screening processes have launched numerous debates about the protection of civil liberties… Read more »

Employers need to do more to encourage staff to switch off at home

From the British Psychological Society (BPS) media release: Less than half of UK businesses and organisations provide employees with guidance on how to switch off from work when they go… Read more »

School principals shape students’ values via school climate

From the Association for Psychological Science media release: Over time, students’ personal values become more similar to those of their school principal, according to new research published in Psychological Science, a journal… Read more »

Study supports do not sell voluntary waiting period for gun sales to reduce suicide

From the University of Alabama at Birmingham media release: A new study suggests many patients at risk for suicide would voluntarily place their name on a Do Not Sell list, prohibiting… Read more »

Game theory research reveals fragility of common resources

From the Purdue University media release: New research in game theory shows that people are naturally predisposed to over-use “common-pool resources” such as transportation systems and fisheries even if it risks… Read more »

Summer learning programs can benefit low-income students, study finds

From the RAND Corporation media release: Elementary school students with high levels of attendance in voluntary summer learning programs — defined as at least 20 days of a five- to six-week… Read more »

Drug-overdose deaths hold steady in some high drug trafficking areas

From the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences media release: Areas in the U.S. with the highest drug-overdose death rates are not always places with high drug trafficking, according… Read more »

New research: Nine laws particularly effective in reducing underage drinking fatalities

From the NORC at the University of Chicago media release: New research reveals that nine laws designed to reduce underage drinking have been instrumental in saving more than 1,100 lives each… Read more »