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Canadian Police Agencies Suppressing Data on Race, Says Criminology Study

By Guest PostFebruary 2, 2012Culture, General, Politicsaboriginal origin, aboriginals, akwasi owusu bempah, blacks, canada, centre for criminology, data on race, diana tyszko, halifax, jurisdiction, law, nipissing, over representation, paul millar, perpetrators, police force, police services, policy, public knowledge, race of victims, race statistics, racial background, racial discrimination, toronto, transparency, ucr, university of toronto, victims

*Data essential for creating fair policies*

While only 20 per cent of Canada’s police forces have an explicit policy against reporting the race of victims and accused persons, criminologists from the University of Toronto and Nipissing show that the majority of police departments do not report race in practice.

The study, by Akwasi Owusu-Bempah, a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto’s Centre for Criminology, and Paul Millar, an associate professor at Nipissing University’s School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, is entitled Whitewashing Criminal Justice in Canada: Preventing Research through Data Suppression and appears in the current issue of the Canadian Journal of Law and Society. (more…)

Divorce Hurts Health More At Earlier Ages

By Guest PostJanuary 30, 2012Culture, Generalamerican, divorce, family support, hui liu, marital satisfaction, marriage, michigan state university, negative health impact, problems in relation, sociology, stress of divorce, unhappily married

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Divorce at a younger age hurts people’s health more than divorce later in life, according to a new study by a Michigan State University sociologist.

Hui Liu said the findings, which appear in the research journal Social Science & Medicine, suggest older people have more coping skills to deal with the stress of divorce. (more…)

Study: Off-Campus College Party Hosts Drink More Than Attendees

By Guest PostJanuary 25, 2012Culture, Generalalcohol, atika khurana, behavior, college gathering, cynthia buettner, drinks, emily caldwell, flashing, greek organization, information, mooning, natasha slesnick, off campus party, party, potential sanction, problem, public urination, random sample, students, vandalism

COLUMBUS, Ohio – On any given weekend, at least 10 percent of students at a single college could be hosting a party, and on average, party hosts who live off campus are drinking more and engaging in more alcohol-related problem behaviors than are the students attending their bashes, research suggests.

In contrast, hosts of parties held on campus tend to drink less than do the students attending their gatherings, according to the study. (more…)

Educational Disadvantages Associated With Race Still Persist in Brazil Despite Improvements, New Study Shows

By Guest PostJanuary 20, 2012Cultureblack and white, black brazilians, black white dichotomy, blacks, brazil, demography, disadvantage, education, educational advantage, educational level, leticia marteleto, mixed race, pardo, race, racial classification, racial labeling, racial mixing, social inequalities, university of texas at austin

AUSTIN, Texas — Despite notable improvements in educational levels and opportunity during the past three decades, disadvantages associated with race still persist in Brazil, according to new research at The University of Texas at Austin.

Although educational advantages for white over black and pardo (mixed-race) adolescents declined considerably in Brazil, the gap is still significant, with whites completing nearly one year more of education. (more…)

The Naked Truth: Exclusive Survey from FITNESS Magazine & Yahoo! Shine Reveals How Men & Women Really Feel about Their Bodies

By Guest PostJanuary 17, 2012Culture, Technologyabout being naked, adults, body confidence, butts, exclusive survey, fat, fitness magazine, losing weight, miniskirt, naked, new year, photo, resolution, sexted, thighs, without clothes, women, yahoo shine

*57% of Women Polled Think They Look Fat Naked;

Thighs ranked as #1 Most Hated Body Part; Cleavage ranked as #1 Body Part To Flaunt Among Women

However, 63% of adults admit to walking around their home naked*

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & NEW YORK — It’s no wonder losing weight continues to dominate New Year’s resolutions—a new survey from FITNESS Magazine and Yahoo! Shine reveals that 57% of women polled think they look fat naked and 81% of adults have a body part they hate. The exclusive survey asked 1,500 women and men to bare it all about how they feel about being naked.

The survey revealed a lack of body confidence with women more likely than men to have issues with many parts of their body, primarily their thighs (21%), while men dislike their butts the most (11%). (more…)

Some Dating Websites Do Not Remove GPS Data From Photos, CU-Boulder Students Find

By Guest PostJanuary 17, 2012Culture, Technologyage of facebook, canadian company, catholicsingles, chips, dating websites, global positioning system, gps, gps coordinates, information, interactions, kai larsen, location data, match, metadata, pictures, plentyoffish, privacy, relationship, research project, successfulmatch, university of colorado boulder, users

While the majority of dating websites do a good job of managing the privacy of their users, a class research project at the University of Colorado Boulder’s Leeds School of Business found that 21 of 90 dating websites the class examined did not properly remove location data from pictures uploaded by their users.

As a result of people taking more photographs with cameras and cell phones containing Global Positioning System chips, some dating website profile pictures contain GPS coordinates showing where a picture was taken, said Associate Professor Kai Larsen, who taught the class on Privacy in the Age of Facebook. When such information is not removed by the dating website, commonly available tools can be used to detect the location of a person’s residence or other locations frequented by the user. (more…)

Unlocking Cornwall’s Bronze Age past

By Guest PostJanuary 16, 2012Culturebronze age, bronze age boat, bronze age period, bronze axes, prehistoric boat, sewing technique, sewn plank boats

A modern day boat builder is being challenged to recreate the oldest boat ever found in western Europe, dating to around 2000 BC. (more…)

Sewing the Inner, Creative Mind

By Guest PostJanuary 14, 2012Culture, Environmentcreative mind, perfectionist, reformed perfectionist, sewing machine, solar power

UA alumnus Paul Nosa travels with his solar powered sewing machine, stitching patches of the thoughts people choose to share with him

Paul Nosa is a perfectionist – well, a reformed perfectionist. (more…)

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