2010-02-08T10:21:28Z Copyright (c) 2007-2008, The RAND Corporation Bricolage RAND Corporation urn:uuid:DD692316-4FF8-11DB-9EEF-35351D4D57CE urn:uuid:9A6587C2-FAC6-11DE-89EF-D7ED38788F35 2010-02-05T00:00:00Z 2010-02-05T00:00:00Z

As it withdraws troops from Iraq, the United States must work not only to maintain security in that nation, but also focus on how the action will impact other regional interests.

urn:uuid:85C85C10-E9BC-11DE-B735-24C138788F35 2010-02-03T00:00:00Z 2010-02-03T00:00:00Z

The United States can take a major step in improving the security environment in the Middle East and Persian Gulf by giving new impetus to revitalizing its security partnership with Turkey, which plays a critical role in four areas of increasing strategic importance to the U.S.

urn:uuid:E196AF14-0A79-11DF-AB59-48C038788F35 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z 2010-01-29T00:00:00Z

Police department data from 1987 to 2003 shows that while increases in information technology are not associated with increased productivity, IT investments can improve productivity when they are complemented with particular organizational and management practices.

urn:uuid:EDC605FC-E58D-11DE-A9B2-24C138788F35 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z 2010-01-21T00:00:00Z

Given the experiences of industry and communities, many Army installations have started to develop and implement installation sustainability plans, which document long-range plans addressing mission, community, and environmental issues developed through a strategic planning process.

urn:uuid:BCD8FCE2-E975-11DE-B735-24C138788F35 2010-01-18T00:00:00Z 2010-01-18T00:00:00Z

The U.S. military training system is the envy of many countries around the world, but the militaries of China, France, the UK, India, and Israel can help the U.S. identify different approaches to readiness, adaptability, and operational issues.

urn:uuid:D267C53C-F57A-11DE-861E-54C038788F35 2010-01-14T00:00:00Z 2010-01-14T00:00:00Z

As the U.S. prepares to eventually end its military involvement in Iraq, it must recognize that this drawdown will affect vulnerable and at-risk populations, some of whom have depended on U.S. security forces over the last six years. This has significant policy implications for Iraq and the Middle East more broadly.

urn:uuid:F2965B22-EE6B-11DE-9E69-54C038788F35 2010-01-13T00:00:00Z 2010-01-13T00:00:00Z

The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds programs that have been proven effective in curbing crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. This report summarizes outcome measures from each of the programs for fiscal year 2007-2008.

urn:uuid:25BC5484-FC8B-11DE-8339-54C038788F35 2010-01-12T00:00:00Z 2010-01-12T00:00:00Z

To help policymakers understand the real privacy, liberty, and security trade-offs individuals are willing to make, RAND Europe examined three real-life case studies where these factors come into play: applying for a passport, traveling on the national rail network, and attending a major public event.

urn:uuid:EADA1406-EBDB-11DE-BC27-54C038788F35 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

When crafting policy decisions about Iran, the U.S. should take a nuanced view of its complex system of government and politics. Although Iran is a rising Middle East power, there has been no official diplomatic relations between the two nations since 1980, and Iran's decisionmaking process is far from transparent.

urn:uuid:9268E8E0-D60C-11DE-8E59-26C138788F35 2009-12-30T00:00:00Z 2009-12-30T00:00:00Z

This compendium covers more than 450 recent studies on the prevalence and pernicious effects of sexual assault—from risk factors to responses of the health care and criminal justice systems—as well as important events and laws pertaining to sexual assault in both the civilian and military sectors.

urn:uuid:681E82D8-E107-11DE-A3B1-24C138788F35 2009-12-24T00:00:00Z 2009-12-24T00:00:00Z

The National Crime Victim Law Institute's victims' rights clinics have pushed the envelope of victims' rights in their state courts and are beginning to fulfill the intentions of their architects and funders.

urn:uuid:430EE39C-CAD3-11DE-B8F5-24C138788F35 2009-12-21T00:00:00Z 2009-12-21T00:00:00Z

NATO is rethinking its future direction for the first time since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a process that could redirect the Cold War alliance toward contemporary security issues like cyberthreats and piracy, and strengthen its commitment to fragile states like Afghanistan.

urn:uuid:8612EF28-E9BC-11DE-B735-24C138788F35 2009-12-20T00:00:00Z 2009-12-20T00:00:00Z

Israel can make natural gas usage a bigger part of its energy portfolio without jeopardizing its security, but even more importantly, the nation needs to make conservation measures a priority in its future energy plans.

urn:uuid:9E50EDEE-DDE9-11DE-ADCA-1CC138788F35 2009-12-14T00:00:00Z 2009-12-14T00:00:00Z

Deterrence is a critical feature of cost-effective counterterrorism efforts, but it is not well understood or measured. This simple framework for evaluating the relative value of deterrent measures draws on a growing literature on the role of deterrence in counterterrorism strategy and terrorist decisionmaking.

urn:uuid:F3FD1D7A-E371-11DE-A3B1-24C138788F35 2009-12-10T00:00:00Z 2009-12-10T00:00:00Z

California's workers' compensation insurance market will remain vulnerable to wide swings in performance unless changes are made to improve the predictability of costs, transparency of pricing decisions, regulatory oversight and consistency of the incentives facing different parties.

urn:uuid:3BDBAF14-E3F7-11DE-B8BC-24C138788F35 2009-12-09T00:00:00Z 2009-12-09T00:00:00Z

American adults are not being vaccinated against the seasonal flu any more often than they were last year, despite increased public discussion of the importance of influenza vaccines resulting from the worldwide outbreak of the H1N1 virus.

urn:uuid:62DC0AF4-E434-11DE-A0B8-24C138788F35 2009-12-08T00:00:00Z 2009-12-08T00:00:00Z

The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that parents educate their children about sexuality beginning early in life, but many of these discussions—about STD symptoms, condom use, or choosing birth control—are occurring after adolescents already have had sexual intercourse.

urn:uuid:D97D21BC-E2DA-11DE-BA00-24C138788F35 2009-12-07T00:00:00Z 2009-12-07T00:00:00Z

Children in military families may suffer from more emotional and behavioral difficulties when compared to other American youths, with older children and girls struggling the most when a parent is deployed overseas.

urn:uuid:5AC2A2F8-D2B2-11DE-AF2F-24C138788F35 2009-12-03T00:00:00Z 2009-12-03T00:00:00Z

Silica inhalation injury claims skyrocketed beginning in 2001, prompting concerns that silicia litigation would become a mass tort. It instead collapsed following the uncovering of abusive diagnostic practices, which can be decreased or even prevented if changes in several areas of litigation procedures are pursued.

urn:uuid:3DFAEAD4-DEB7-11DE-89B2-C33439788F35 2009-12-01T00:00:00Z 2009-12-01T00:00:00Z

Uninsured patients in California are unable to successfully obtain information about the cost of medical care at hospitals despite recent state legislation intended to improve price transparency.