Andrew R. Morral
Overview
Biography
Andrew R. Morral is a senior behavioral scientist at the RAND Corporation, and director of the RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center, where he manages a wide range of projects involving coastal and border security, emergency preparedness and response, defense support to civil authorities, transportation security, domestic intelligence programs, technology acquisition, and related topics. Morral's research expertise includes program evaluation, performance measurement, and modeling and simulation. He has published dozens of peer-reviewed reports in leading scientific and policy journals. Morral received his Ph.D. in psychology from the New School for Social Research.
Research Focus
Recent Projects
- Measuring illegal border crossing between ports of entry
- Deterrence in counterterrorism security
- Terrorism risk modeling
Selected Publications
Morral, A.R., Jackson, B.A., Understanding the Role of Deterrence in Counterterrorism Security, RAND (OP-281), 2009
Rostker, B, Hanser, L, Hix, WM, Jensen, C, Morral, AR, Ridgeway, G, Schell, T., Evaluation of the New York Police Department Firearms Training and Firearms Discharge Review Process., RAND (MG-717), 2008
Eibner, C, Pacula RL, MacDonald, JM, Morral, AR, "Is the drug court model exportable? The cost-efffectiveness of a driving-under-the-influence court.," Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment, 31:75-85, 2006
Willis, H., Morral, A.R., Kelly, T., Medby J., Estimating Terrorism Risk, RAND (MG-388), 2005
Ramchand, R., MacDonald, J, Haviland, A., and Morral, A.R., "A developmental approach for measuring the seriousness of crimes," Journal of Quantitative Criminology

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