Previous research has shown that higher education dampens support for capital punishment, but University of Nebraska scholars have discovered those collegiate effects are lessened among conservatives.

Despite the popularity of true crime media — and its ability to highlight cases that need attention — its production has a dark side, often adding to the trauma experienced by victims’ loved ones. University of Nebraska–Lincoln scholar Kelli Boling published new research highlighting the impacts of true crime media on the family and friends of crime victims, finding that co-victims have to wrestle with a dichotomy between feeling an immense loss of privacy amid grief and wanting the media’s help to keep a criminal case in the public eye in the pursuit of justice.

esearch conducted by Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) finds that discrimination exists based on ethnic background in Spain’s leading online second-hand marketplace, especially when it comes to buying, towards people with Arab and Chinese names, who should offer up to 3% more to be treated the same as people with Spanish names. The study, by Jorge Rodríguez Menés, Clara Cortina and Maria José González, researchers with the Sociodemography Research Group (DemoSoc) of the UPF Department of Political and Social Sciences, aims to analyse the prevalence of discrimination against ethnic minorities in the main online second-hand market in Spain, using an experimental approach.

Shame can lead people to avoid getting treatment for dental issues, potentially worsening oral health inequalities, a new study warns.

Raw milk (untreated milk) enjoys a certain popularity, but poses health risks. Like approved food dyes and mercury in fish, raw milk was a topic covered by the BfR Consumer Monitor for the first time.