This continues our series of student reflections and analysis authored by our research team. While the Prosecution Project (tPP) codes cases of domestic political violence for forty different variables, one that deserves specific attention is that of “foreign affiliation.” This variable can be best defined as a defendant’s affiliation with a foreign terrorist organization (FTO). FTO’s […]

This continues our series of student reflections and analysis authored by our research team. Before a case can be added to our dataset it must pass a certain set of criteria, called the decision tree. There are five questions that we ask about each case when deciding if it is relevant to our project. The answer […]

This continues our series of student reflections and analysis authored by our research team. Equally important to the research the Prosecution Project (tPP) yields is the process by which our researchers input cases to the database to ensure the reliability and validity of tPP’s findings. Student members of tPP code for a total of 40 variables […]

This continues our series of student reflections and analysis authored by our research team.  Last week we had another busy meeting in order to get all of our ducks in a row before we delve into analysis. We addressed some issues with coding, discussed ways to publicize our efforts, and talked about things that we as […]

Beginning today, tPP will feature weekly blog posts from our student research team on a variety of topics. Stay tuned! Greetings from tPP! Hello, and welcome to the first blog update of the semester. We’ve only met once thus far as a class; we have one three-hour class every Thursday afternoon as well as an […]