Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the university’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is co-author of an article entitled, “International News Coverage of Barack Obama as a New President,” published recently in the scholarly journal, Electronic Media and Politics.
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Article: Presidential Studies Quarterly
Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the university’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, is co-author of an article entitled, “The Return of the Honeymoon: Television News Coverage of New Presidents, 1981-2009.” published in the latest issues of Presidential Studies Quarterly.
Three strikes on the Montgomery curfew (Washington Post op-ed)
By Catherine Gallagher, Stephen Farnsworth and Joel Censer
Washington Post
December 2, 2011
On Tuesday, the Montgomery County Council is scheduled to take up a much-debated proposal to establish a curfew for youths under 18. Such curfews hold appeal to many people, but there are reports the council is considering setting aside the plan indefinitely. There are three primary reasons that would be the smart thing to do.
First, youth curfews get the crime problem wrong. They target the wrong time of day, the wrong age group and the wrong type of crime. A rigorous analysis of the impact of Prince George’s County’s curfew, conducted by the Urban Institute in 2003, demonstrated that 88 percent of police calls and youth arrests occur outside curfew hours. Most arrests involve suspects too old to be covered by the curfew.
