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Week in review

In this weekly post, we will feature online articles and policy reports published recently, and other helpful research tools.

  • Discover how prepared public health departments are in a report about emergency health preparedness. (Trust for America's Health, December 2010)
  • Map the economy based on foreclosure rates, unemployment rates, and median household income.  (NPR, 2010)
  • Explore how the effectiveness of juvenile justice programs might be improved with evidence-based practices. (Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, December 2010)
  • Get recent data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics on school crime and safety. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, November 2010)
  • Note that Texas leads the nation in executions (Stateline, December 2010 )