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Late adolescents entering college intending a career as police officers hold more right-leaning views than their peers

New research by Professor Ben Newman, published in PNAS, examines the political attitudes of college-bound students who aspire to careers in law enforcement. Drawing on survey data from over 13 million adolescents collected over four decades, the study finds that those intending to become police officers hold more right-leaning social and political views than their...
By Reny, Tyler T., Marcel F. Roman, Benjamin J. Newman, and David O. Sears |

Graduate Student Bea-Sim Ooi Awarded Prestigious APSA Summer Centennial Research Grant

We are proud to announce that UCR Political Science graduate student Bea-Sim Ooi has been awarded a Second Century Fund grant through the American Political Science Association’s Summer Centennial Center Research Grants program. This highly competitive award supports graduate students conducting original research that advances the field of political science, and Bea-Sim’s project is a...
By Donald Zárate |