This paper considers the degree to which events that intensify partying increase sexual assault. Estimates are based on panel data from campus and local law-enforcement agencies and an identification strategy that exploits plausibly random variation in the timing of Division 1 football games....

In this paper we show that a student's ordinal rank in a high school cohort is an important determinant of engaging in risky behaviors. Using longitudinal data from representative US high schools, and exploiting idiosyncratic variation in the cohort composition within a school, we find a strong...

This paper provides a comparative case study of the ways that sex offender registration requirements (commonly known as 'Megan's Law' statutes) influence criminal case processing in sexual assault cases. The study draws on interviews from 120 county-based rape crisis centers in six states to...

Despite the proliferation of trauma and memory research in recent years, we know very little about the contribution of transitional justice mechanisms to psychological healing and societal reconciliation in the aftermath of genocide, armed conflict and politicized violence. Many scholars in this...

Many states have laws permitting the civil incarceration of violent sexual offenders after they have served their sentence. These laws must balance two strong interests: those of society in preventing the offender from committing further violent sexual offences, and those of the individual whose...

In this paper we show that a student's ordinal rank in a high school cohort is an important determinant of engaging in risky behaviors. Using longitudinal data from representative US high schools, and exploiting idiosyncratic variation in the cohort composition within a school, we find a strong...