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Increased homicide played a key role in driving Black-White disparities in life expectancy among men during the COVID-19 pandemic by Light, Michael T, Vachuska, Karl

“…Disparities in life expectancy between Black and White Americans increased substantially during the COVID-19 pandemic. During the same period, the US…”
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DOES UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRATION INCREASE VIOLENT CRIME? by LIGHT, MICHAEL T., MILLER, TY

“…Despite substantial public, political, and scholarly attention to the issue of immigration and crime, we know little about the criminological consequences of…”
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A Retrospective of Findings From the FORTE Satellite Mission by Light, T. E. L.

“…We revisit the findings from the FORTE satellite program (1997–2004), which collected optical imaging of lightning as well as optical and radio frequency time…”
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Revisiting Narrow Bipolar Event intracloud lightning using the FORTE satellite by JACOBSON, A. R, LIGHT, T. E. L

“…The lightning stroke called a "Narrow Bipolar Event", or NBE, is an intracloud discharge responsible for significant charge redistribution. The NBE occurs…”
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Joint radio and optical observations of the most radio-powerful intracloud lightning discharges by Jacobson, A R, Light, TEL, Hamlin, T, Nemzek, R

“…The most radio-powerful intracloud lightning emissions are associated with a phenomenon variously called "narrow bipolar events" or "compact intracloud…”
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The Declining Significance of Race in Criminal Sentencing: Evidence from US Federal Courts by Light, Michael T

“…Abstract Racial inequality in sentencing has decreased substantially over the last decade. In 2009, the average sentencing difference between black and white…”
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The Social Context of Racial Boundary Negotiations: Segregation, Hate Crime, and Hispanic Racial Identification in Metropolitan America by Light, Michael, Iceland, John

“…How the influx of Hispanics is reshaping the U.S. racial landscape is a paramount question in sociology. While previous research has noted the significant…”
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Comparing crime rates between undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants, and native-born US citizens in Texas by Light, Michael T., He, Jingying, Robey, Jason P.

“…We make use of uniquely comprehensive arrest data from the Texas Department of Public Safety to compare the criminality of undocumented immigrants to legal…”
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Does Racial Bias Explain the Black-White Sentencing Gap across U.S. Courts? by Light, Michael T, Vachuska, Karl

“…Abstract It is widely speculated that prejudicial attitudes and implicit biases are fundamental to understanding racial disparities in criminal punishment. Yet…”
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Estimating lightning channel characteristics of positive narrow bipolar events using intrachannel current reflection signatures by Hamlin, T., Light, T. E., Shao, X. M., Eack, K. B., Harlin, J. D.

“…A set of 133 positive narrow bipolar lightning events located by the Los Alamos Sferic Array (LASA) is examined. The events were selected because their fast…”
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Segregation and Violence Reconsidered: Do Whites Benefit from Residential Segregation? by Light, Michael T., Thomas, Julia T.

“…Despite marked declines in black-white segregation over the past half century, there has been limited scholarly attention to the effects of increasing…”
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The New Face of Legal Inequality: Noncitizens and the Long-Term Trends in Sentencing Disparities across U.S. District Courts, 1992-2009 by Light, Michael T.

“…In the wake of mass immigration from Latin America, legal scholars have shifted focus from racial to ethnic inequality under the law. A series of studies now…”
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The Home Foreclosure Crisis and Rising Suicide Rates, 2005 to 2010 by HOULE, Jason N, LIGHT, Michael T

“…We examined the association between state-level foreclosure and suicide rates from 2005 to 2010 and considered variation in the effect of foreclosure on…”
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Re-examining the relationship between Latino immigration and racial/ethnic violence by Light, Michael T.

“…Whether immigration increases crime has long been a source of political debate and scholarly interest. Despite widespread public opinion to the contrary, the…”
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A Generational Shift: Race and the Declining Lifetime Risk of Imprisonment by Robey, Jason P., Massoglia, Michael, Light, Michael T.

“…Mass incarceration fundamentally altered the life course for a generation of American men, but sustained declines in imprisonment in recent years raise…”
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The Criminal Case Processing of Foreign Nationals in the Netherlands by Light, Michael T, Wermink, Hilde

“…Abstract Foreign nationals are increasingly encountering the criminal justice institutions of many European countries. Yet, basic questions about how they are…”
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Explaining the Gaps in White, Black, and Hispanic Violence since 1990: Accounting for Immigration, Incarceration, and Inequality by Light, Michael T., Ulmer, Jeffery T.

“…While group differences in violence have long been a key focus of sociological inquiry, we know comparatively little about the trends in criminal violence for…”
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Citizenship and Punishment: The Salience of National Membership in U.S. Criminal Courts by Light, Michael T., Massoglia, Michael, King, Ryan D.

“…When compared to research on the association between immigration and crime, far less attention has been given to the relationship between immigration,…”
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Did Immigrant Arrest Rates Change During the Trump Administration? Evidence From California and Texas by Light, Michael T., Boisten, Laura, Kim, Jungmyung

“…Despite substantial legal and policy debates, whether immigrant arrest rates changed during the Trump presidency remains surprisingly understudied. This is…”
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The harder they fall? Sex and race/ethnic specific suicide rates in the U.S. foreclosure crisis by Houle, Jason N., Light, Michael T.

“…Previous work shows suicide rates increase during economic recessions, but little research has examined the extent to which the foreclosure crisis—a unique…”
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