Across 740,786 federal charges from 2010 to 2019, defendants assigned to a judge who had been a public defender were up to 2.5 percentage points less likely to be incarcerated, and trial sentences were about 16 months shorter.
Diaries from 243,095 American adults show weekly time with friends fell from about 350 to 170 minutes between 2003 and 2024, while the share of Friday evening spent with friends dropped from 9 to 4 percent, now no different from a weeknight.
Across 13 elementary schools, 3.14% of enrolled girls were climbing playground structures at recess versus 1.45% of boys, and girls aged 6 to 8 spent far more of their climbing time perched at the top of jungle gyms.
Across six studies with 7,290 U.S. and U.K. participants, psychologists found that impressions of everyday environments boil down to four factors, density, desirability, light and temperature, which predict different behavioral intentions.
A model of long-term employment shows that once a worker's talent becomes evident, the firm can no longer profit from his overconfidence, giving it a reason to reassign him to a poorly suited job, a new explanation for the Peter Principle.
The 2020 American National Election Studies overstated Biden's margin by 6.7 points. Researchers trace the error to Trump supporters being less likely to take part and to finish the survey, and rule out a "shy Trump voter" hiding their choice.
Five experiments with 6,188 people found that speaking to voice technology instead of typing or clicking raises self-presentation worries. People who dictated ChatGPT queries disclosed fewer negative personal problems, and dictated messages were more positive.
Three legal scholars argue Fanatics, holding exclusive NFL, NBA and MLB card rights and owning Topps, has re-monopolized an $8 billion industry, echoing Topps' nearly 25-year monopoly that left collectors with stale cards.
A game-theory model shows that for large populations, cheap-to-file complaint systems that act only after many complaints are always more efficient; in New York's 311 heat and hot water data, 33% of complaints were duplicates and single complaints rarely led to inspections.
Among 524 new Nevada lawyers, a one standard deviation higher bar exam score went with at most a 4% better effectiveness rating from judges and almost none from peers. Bar scores explained no more than 12% of the variation in any rating.