2013-05-03T22:24:24Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/l/lim_nelson.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/07/30/CNN.html 2009-07-30T16:15:00Z 2009-07-30T16:15:00Z

President Obama called the arrest of Professor Henry Gates a "teachable moment." This is a moment to learn the facts of race and policing these days. Racial profiling has indeed been an ugly reality for many years. But our research finds little evidence that it continues to be a major problem, write Greg Ridgeway and Nelson Lim.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20020614.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Much work on sensitivity analysis for hierarchical models (HMs) has focused on level-2 outliers.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9447.html 2009-05-04T17:05:00Z 2009-05-04T17:05:00Z

The Los Angeles Police Department is seeking to increase its force to more than 10,000 officers. RAND researchers devised strategies for the city to improve recruiting and increase the efficiency of the hiring process.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9386.html 2008-09-14T03:49:00Z 2008-09-14T03:49:00Z

This research brief summarizes an assessment of recruiting in the San Diego Police Department, recommending that the department target a wider range of applicants, make applicant screening more efficient, and strengthen recruiting teams.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR731.html 2009-09-28T10:35:00Z 2009-09-28T10:35:00Z

Examines the relationship between career field choice, race/ethnicity, and membership in the Army's senior officer corps.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR324.html 2006-08-07T16:30:00Z 2006-08-07T16:30:00Z

Traditional labor statistics do not represent the impact of military life on military spouses' employment conditions, so RAND determined valid measures and the sufficient sample size to allow generalization to the population of military spouses.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19941103.html 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Describes an attempt to develop a cancer prevention program within an inner city health center in West Oakland, California.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9356.html 2008-05-19T21:59:00Z 2008-05-19T21:59:00Z

This research brief describes the initial steps that the Department of Defense should take in developing a department-wide strategic plan to achieve greater diversity within its active duty and civilian leadership.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2912.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

This report replicates the findings of an earlier study that documented the existence of a racial and ethnic hierarchy in the minds of employers. It also suggests that structural factors are more influential than ascribed characteristics.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2913.html 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Do immigrants compete with native workers for jobs? In the short term, direct competition between native workers and immigrants is unlikely. In the long run, however, some immigrant groups many succeed native groups in specific employment niches.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG196.html 2004-10-05T20:03:00Z 2004-10-05T20:03:00Z

Looks at the factors of employment and education disparities between military and civilian spouses, and recommends associated areas of improvement for the military to better accommodate its families.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG306.html 2005-08-11T06:55:00Z 2005-08-11T06:55:00Z

Revisits joint officer management and frames a strategic approach to further officers' development in joint matters.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/reprints/RP1013.html 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The author searches for patterns in the African American response to immigrants in several metropolitan areas with above-average immigrant populations, to examine whether immigration has had a negative effect of the labor market participation of African Americans.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9056.html 2005-11-25T10:57:00Z 2005-11-25T10:57:00Z

This research brief describes work documented in Working Around the Military: Challenges to Military Spouse Employment and Education (MG-196-OSD).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9114.html 2005-11-25T10:11:00Z 2005-11-25T10:11:00Z

Key findings: --As the missions of the U.S. military evolve, the need for education and experience in joint matters within the officer corps is changing. --Levels of joint experience and education have risen, but different ways of managing officers t...

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG918.html 2010-02-16T10:35:00Z 2010-02-16T10:35:00Z

Military wives have a much greater tendency than similar civilian wives to be underemployed, although there does not seem to be a strong link between wives' labor force position and satisfaction with their life situation.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG566.html 2007-02-15T14:18:00Z 2007-02-15T14:18:00Z

Compares employment patterns of military spouses with those of civilian spouses using the 2000 census data.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG881.html 2009-04-09T11:57:00Z 2009-04-09T11:57:00Z

This book offers the Los Angeles Police Department ways to achieve its recruiting and diversity goals by identifying new recruiting markets, targeting and prioritizing applicants, and improving background-investigation processes.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG743.html 2008-05-15T09:59:00Z 2008-05-15T09:59:00Z

Discusses the initial steps that the Department of Defense should take in developing a department-wide strategic plan to achieve greater diversity within its active duty and civilian leadership.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG724.html 2008-08-27T13:25:00Z 2008-08-27T13:25:00Z

The San Diego Police Department has been operating below its authorized size in recent years. To bridge this gap, the department needs to maximize recruiting and minimize attrition. This book details RAND's effort to improve this recruiting program.