One third of all children are born to unmarried mothers and over one half of children will
spend some time in a single-parent family. In fact, single-father families are the fastest …

Using federal court data collected by the US Sentencing Commission for the years 1993–
1996, this study examines racial/ethnic differences-white versus black versus white-Hispanic …

Streamflow observations from near-natural catchments are of paramount importance for
detection and attribution studies, evaluation of large-scale model simulations, and …

This study uses data on Pennsylvania sentencing practices to compare the sentence
outcomes of white, black, and Hispanic defendants. Besides the overall more lenient …

A Drought Monitoring and Forecasting System for Sub-Sahara African Water Resources and
Food Security in: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society Volume 95 Issue 6 (2014) …

Abstract Changes in the magnitude and frequency of droughts will have extensive impacts
on water management, agriculture and aquatic ecosystems. With the projected global …

The present study uses data on the processing of felony defendants in large urban courts to
examine Hispanic, black, and white differences at the pretrial release stage. The major …

Using data compiled by the United States Sentencing Commission, we examine the
independent and joint effects of race/ethnicity, gender, and age on sentencing decisions in …

How drought is characterised depends on the purpose and region of the study and the
available data. In case of regional applications or global comparison a standardisation of the …

Using data from large urban courts for the years 1990–1996 and drawing from the “focal
concerns” framework on case-process decision making, we examine the main and …