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 | Seminar on Legal Cannabis:
Legal and Policy Questions and Research Opportunities
June 20, 2013
(1:00 pm - 4:00 pm)
500 5th Street NW
As part of its semiannual meeting in Washington DC, the National Academies Committee on Law and Justice (CLAJ) will hold a half-day seminar on legal cannabis for the benefit of our sponsor, the National Institute of Justice, and others. The seminar will focus on research opportunities presented by the current
changes and legalizations, and unmet research needs for sound decision-making.
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| | | DBASSE Reports Related to Gun Violence and Schools
A 2005 report from the Committee on Law and Justice, Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review, found that there is scant evidence about the effectiveness of current measures to prevent and control gun violence and outlined a comprehensive research program. In 2003, the Board on Children, Youth, and Families and CLAJ studied youth violence in schools: Deadly Lessons: Understanding Lethal School Violence.
| | | | CLAJ Member Spotlight | | |  John J. Donohue III
CLAJ Member Stanford Law School John J. Donohue III is well known for using empirical analysis to determine the impact of law and public policy in a wide range of areas, including examinations of the impact on crime of the death penalty, incarceration, guns, and legalization of abortion. ► Read more | | |
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 | Priorities for a Public Health Research Agenda to Reduce the Threat of Firearm-Related Violence
 A new report from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council proposes priorities for a research agenda to improve understanding of the public health aspects of gun-related violence. To view the report and issue brief:
►Report Brief.
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Reforming Juvenile Justice |  The science of adolescent development should be at the forefront of systemwide juvenile justice reform efforts, from arrested detention to legal proceedings and interventions, says the report Reforming Juvenile Justice: A Developmental Approach.
Watch the June 10 Public Briefing
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Deterrence and the Death Penalty |  Many studies over the past few decades have sought to determine whether the death penalty has any deterrent effect on homicide rates. Researchers have reached widely varying, even contradictory, conclusions.
The report, Deterrence and the Death Penalty, concludes that research to date on the effect of capital punishment on homicide rates is not useful in determining whether the death penalty increases, decreases or has no effect on these rates. ► Read more ► Download the report brief | | | | |
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