QSIDE in partnership with The Health Alliance for Violence Intervention (the HAVI) has released a new report investigating the relationship between media and gun violence. Our literature review reveals the disproportionate focus on mass shootings by the media, in contrast to the coverage of gun violence in communities which make up the majority of gun-related incidents in the US each year.
You can read our report News Media Coverage of Gun Violence online!
Recent News:
- QSIDE is proud to present our Data for Accountability, Transparency, and Advancement to Lower Incarceration for Transformation (DATA2LIFT) initiative. Read our most recent study Paths to Decarceration for more information on incarceration alternatives!
- Our Cost of Discretion project has identified the 14 most carceral judges in New York City. Estimated impact over 2.5 years: an extra 580 people jailed, 154 years of jail time, and $77 million in costs borne by New York taxpayers. Read the report. [If you are media: here is the press release.]
- QSIDE Co-Founder Jude Higdon guest hosts Carry the Two, discussing how data scientists tackle issues of police accountability in small towns.
- Check out our recent education equity project: N. Brown, N. Hatfield, C.M. Topaz. Do introductory courses disproportionately drive minoritized students out of STEM pathways, PNAS Nexus 1 (4) (2022).
- Public writing: How STEM faculty can fight institutional racism and sexism
- Press coverage: American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Forbes, Inside Higher Ed, Physics World, Union of Concerned Scientists