Pew Charitable Trusts6 天
Collective Effort Begins to Map Seagrasses in the Western Indian Ocean
A proverb says, “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” This is borne out in science, where a ...
Pew Charitable Trusts11 年
State Payday Loan Regulation and Usage Rates
Pew's Safe Small-Dollar Loans Research Project classified states into three categories—Permissive, Hybrid, and Restrictive—based on their payday loan regulations. Nationally, the average usage rate ...
Pew Charitable Trusts7 年
The Case for Medication-Assisted Treatment
Every 16 minutes, a person in the United States dies from an opioid overdose. 1 Opioid use disorder (OUD) is a chronic brain disease caused by the recurrent use of opioids, including prescription ...
Pew Charitable Trusts5 年
What Makes an Economic Development Incentive Effective?
States use economic development incentives to encourage companies to locate or expand. An incentive has benefits for residents when the economic gains it generates, less its costs and any negative ...
Pew Charitable Trusts9 年
Results First Clearinghouse Database
The Results First Clearinghouse Database is an online resource that brings together information on the effectiveness of social policy programs from nine national clearinghouses. It applies ...
Pew Charitable Trusts5 年
To Safely Cut Incarceration, States Rethink Responses to Supervision Violations
Recent research from The Pew Charitable Trusts found that about 4.5 million people in the United States are on community supervision as of 2016. Probation and parole provide a measure of ...
Pew Charitable Trusts9 年
Growth in Federal Prison System Exceeds States'
States, like the federal government, recorded sharp increases in incarceration and corrections costs over the past three decades. However, between 2007 and 2013, many states made research-driven ...
Pew Charitable Trusts8 年
Medication-Assisted Treatment Improves Outcomes for Patients With Opioid Use Disorder
This fact sheet has been updated. The latest information is available here. MAT pairs nondrug therapies, such as counseling or cognitive behavioral therapy, with an FDA-approved medication to treat ...
Pew Charitable Trusts6 年
35 States Reform Criminal Justice Policies Through Justice Reinvestment
Since 2007, 35 states have reformed their sentencing and corrections policies through the Justice Reinvestment Initiative, a public-private partnership that includes the U.S. Justice Department’s ...
Pew Charitable Trusts4 年
What Is the Electoral College?
When Americans cast their votes for president, they are in reality directing other people — called electors — to vote for the candidate who receives the most votes in their state. The political party ...
Pew Charitable Trusts4 年
Rules and Consequences: How to Improve International Fisheries
Overfishing is one of the greatest threats facing the ocean, with the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reporting in 2020 that one-third of all fish stocks are overfished and that ...
Pew Charitable Trusts2 年
High Seas Treaty Must Reflect Critical Role of Fish in Marine Ecosystems
Editor's Note: The content on this page was published before June 2023, when the United Nations adopted a legally binding treaty on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity in areas ...