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Well, it’s Groundhog Day, again<\/a>. In case you need another reason to love this holiday, we rounded up social science research on why rituals are important. We’ve also got reflections on race and athlete protests, and new research on parenthood and gang membership.<\/p>\n Well, it’s Groundhog Day, again<\/a>. In case you need another reason to love this holiday, we rounded up social science research on why rituals are important. We’ve also got reflections on race and athlete protests, and new research on parenthood and gang membership.<\/p>\n Well, it’s Groundhog Day, again<\/a>. In case you need another reason to love this holiday, we rounded up social science research on why rituals are important. We’ve also got reflections on race and athlete protests, and new research on parenthood and gang membership.<\/p>\n (If you’re feeling confused, see here<\/a>)<\/p>\n “Unsportsmanlike Conduct? Reflections on a Tumultuous NFL Season<\/a>,” by\u00a0Doug Hartmann<\/a>, Kyle Green<\/a>, and Alex Manning<\/a>. In our latest feature, Hartmann, Green, and Manning reflect on sport, race, and athlete activism.<\/p>\n “Groundhog Day and the Purpose of Strange Rituals<\/a>,” by\u00a0Allison Nobles<\/a> and Jacqui Frost<\/a>. Groundhog Day got us wondering about the purpose of strange rituals, so we compiled sociological perspectives on why rituals matter.<\/p>\n “Missing Crime Data and Why We Need It<\/a>,” by Caity Curry<\/a>. After the FBI released the 2016 Uniform Crime Report missing key tables from previous years, we wanted to know how and why researchers utilize this data. Turns out, it’s pretty important.<\/p>\n “Does Parenthood Disrupt Gang Membership?<\/a>” by Amber Joy Powell<\/a>. New Research in\u00a0Criminology\u00a0<\/em>finds that first-time parenthood reduces gang affiliation, but parenthood’s impact differs by gender.<\/p>\n “Firearms and Mental Illness Matter More for Suicide than Mass Shootings<\/a>,” by Evan Stewart<\/a>. In an article for\u00a0The Conversation<\/em>,\u00a0<\/em>Miranda Lynne Baumann<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Brent Teasdale<\/a>\u00a0explain that firearm access for people with mental illnesses is much more threatening to their own safety than to the safety of others.<\/p>\n “Is Attraction about Evolution or Culture?<\/a>” by Jean Marie\u00a0DeOrnellas<\/a>.\u00a0Lisa Wade<\/a>\u00a0talks to The Washington Post<\/em> about the cultural side of who we find attractive.<\/p>\n “Selling the Sport Spectacle<\/a>,” by Evan Stewart<\/a>.<\/p>\n “Children Learn Rules for Romance in Preschool<\/a>,” by Allison Nobles<\/a>.<\/p>\n Well, it’s Groundhog Day, again. In case you need another reason to love this holiday, we rounded up social science research on why rituals are important. We’ve also got reflections on race and athlete protests, and new research on parenthood and gang membership. Well, it’s Groundhog Day, again. In case you need another reason to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2020,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17672],"tags":[33309,12722,12802],"class_list":["post-4945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-friday-roundup","tag-friday-roundup","tag-roundup","tag-weekly-roundup"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2020"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4945"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4957,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4945\/revisions\/4957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/editors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Special Feature<\/a>:<\/h3>\n
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