Tag: Knowledge Magazine
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The world has veered way off-target of its climate goals. Can we rebound?
The 1.5 degrees C target was originally set by a landmark, legally binding international agreement back in 2015, at the Paris meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The Paris Agreement aimed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions rapidly and hold the planetary temperature rise…
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See something, say something? The science of speaking out
Tattling, whistleblowing, snitching, call it what you will: Patrick Bergemann has spent the past 15 years studying the many ways that people tell on one another, examining everything from Afghan villagers’ reports of illegal Taliban activity to informers’ charges of treason in 17th century Russia. In a recent article in the Annual Review of Sociology,…
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Migrants Commit Fewer Crimes, but the Right won’t let Facts Contest their Xenophobic Narrative
It’s telling that the data from multiple sources converge despite the limitations of individual studies, says Sampson. Though he thinks criminologists should continue to refine immigration-crime studies, he says it’s pretty evident that research doesn’t support the claim that immigration increases crime. “For now, if you had to tell a policy maker what is the…
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