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 |
UCR graduate students Jieun Lee and Harry G. Muttram examine whether Americans’ immigration attitudes change depending on spatial scale—national, state, city, or neighborhood. Their findings, published in PS: Political Science & Politics, show modest evidence of NIMBYism but little variation across spatial levels or partisan lines.