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Law Enforcement: Publications

Publications are listed here in reverse chronological order by year, alphabetically by title.

2008

Community Policing and Violence Prevention in Oakland: Measure Y in Action — 2008

Jeremy M. Wilson, Amy G. Cox, Tommy L. Smith, Hans Bos, Terry Fain
Full Document

Do NYPD's Pedestrian Stop Data Indicate Racial Bias? — 2008

Greg Ridgeway
Research Brief

Strategies for Disrupting Illegal Firearm Markets: A Case Study of Los Angeles — 2008

Greg Ridgeway, Glenn L. Pierce, Anthony A. Braga, George Tita, Garen Wintemute, Wendell Roberts
Full Document

2007

Police Need to Do a Better Job of Explaining Stop-and-Frisk — 2007

K. Jack Riley, Greg Ridgeway
Commentary

Police-Community Relations in Cincinnati: Year Three Evaluation Report — 2007

Terry L. Schell, Greg Ridgeway, Travis L. Dixon, Susan Turner, K. Jack Riley
Full Document 2007 Report

Efforts to Improve Police-Community Relations in Cincinnati — 2007

Greg Ridgeway, Terry L. Schell, K. Jack Riley, Susan Turner, Travis L. Dixon
Research Brief

Protecting Emergency Responders at Large-Scale Incidents — 2007

Brian A. Jackson
Congressional Testimony

Katrina Proved We Must Do Better Job of Protecting Our Protectors — 2007

Brian A. Jackson
Commentary

Analysis of Racial Disparities in the New York Police Department's Stop, Question, and Frisk Practices — 2007

Greg Ridgeway
Full Document

Human Trafficking in Ohio: Markets, Responses, and Considerations — 2007

Jeremy M. Wilson, Erin Dalton
Full Document

Recruitment and Retention: Lessons for the New Orleans Police Departments — 2007

Bernard D. Rostker, William M. Hix, Jeremy M. Wilson
Full Document

2006

Testing for Racial Profiling in Traffic Stops From Behind a Veil of Darkness — 2006

Jeffrey Grogger, Greg Ridgeway
Full Document

Assessing the Effect of Race Bias in Post-traffic Stop Outcomes Using Propensity Scores — 2006

Greg Ridgeway
Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 22(1): 1-29, 2006.

Border Control — 2006

K. Jack Riley
Full Document

Community Policing in America — 2006

Jeremy M. Wilson
Abstract and Ordering Information (routledge.com)

Congressional Newsletter: Policing Research at RAND — 2006

Full Document

The Criminal Purchase of Firearm Ammunition — 2006

Tita, Braga, Ridgeway, and Pierce
Full Document

Handbook of Legal Procedures of Computer and Network Misuse in EU Countries — 2006

Lorenzo Valeri, Geert Somers, Neil Robinson, Hans Graux, Jos Dumortier
Read Report

Information Sharing and Emergency Responder Safety Management — 2006

Brian A. Jackson
Full Document

Interventions to Reduce Anti-Social Behaviour and Crime: A Review of Effectiveness and Costs — 2006

Jennifer Rubin, Lila Rabinovich, Michael Hallsworth, Edward Nason
Full Document

Law and Order in an Emerging Democracy: Lessons from the Reconstruction of Kosovo’s Police and Justice Systems — 2006

Jeremy M. Wilson
Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Special Issue: Democracy, Crime, and Justice, 605(1): 152-177, 2006.

Police Personnel Crisis Needs Federal Leadership — 2006

Jeremy M. Wilson
Commentary

Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 4: Personal Protective Equipment Guidelines for Structural Collapse Events — 2006

Henry H. Willis, Nicholas G. Castle, Elizabeth M. Sloss, James T. Bartis
Full Document

Race and the Decision to Seek the Death Penalty in Federal Cases — 2006

Stephen P. Klein, Richard A. Berk, Laura J. Hickman
Full Document

Reducing Homicide through a ‘Lever-Pulling’ Strategy — 2006

Edmund F. McGarrell, S. Chermak, J. M. Wilson, and N. Corsaro
Justice Quarterly, 23(2): 214-231, 2006.

Reviewing Police-Community Relations in Cincinnati (2nd Year) — 2006

K. Jack Riley, Susan Turner, John MacDonald, Greg Ridgeway, Terry Schell, Jeremy Wilson, Travis L. Dixon, Terry Fain and Dionne Barnes-Proby
Full Document

Think Locally, Act Nationally: Police Efforts in Fighting Terrorism Need Greater Federal Leadership — 2006

K. Jack Riley, Jeremy M. Wilson, Gregory F. Treverton, and Barbara Raymond
Full Document

2005

How Goes the “War on Drugs”? An Assessment of U.S. Drug Problems and Policy — 2005

Jonathan P. Caulkins, Peter H. Reuter, Martin Y. Iguchi and James Chiesa
Full Document Research Brief

Police-Community Relations in Cincinnati — 2005

K. Jack Riley, Susan Turner, John MacDonald, Greg Ridgeway, Terry Schell, Jeremy Wilson, Travis L. Dixon, Terry Fain and Dionne Barnes-Proby
Full Document

Police Personnel Challenges After September 11: Anticipating Expanded Duties and a Changing Labor Pool — 2005

Barbara Raymond, Laura J. Hickman, Laura Miller and Jennifer S. Wong
Full Document

Police Suspicion and Discretionary Decision Making During Citizen Stops — 2005

Alpert, Geoffrey P., MacDonald, J. M., and Dunham, R.
Criminology, 43(2): 407-434

State and Local Intelligence in the War on Terrorism — 2005

K. Jack Riley, Gregory F. Treverton, Jeremy Wilson, Lois M. Davis
Full Document

2004

Assessing Racial Profiling More Credibly — 2004

Research Brief

Confronting the "Enemy Within": Security Intelligence, the Police, and Counterterrorism in Four Democracies — 2004

Peter Chalk, William Rosenau

Full Document

Emergency Responder Injuries and Fatalities: An Analysis of Surveillance Data — 2004

Ari N. Houser, Brian A. Jackson, James T. Bartis, D. J. Peterson (S&TPI)

Full Document

Homicide in San Diego: A Case Study Analysis — 2004

Jeremy Wilson, Scott Hiromoto, Terry Fain, George Tita, K. Jack Riley

Full Document

Interactive Police-Citizen Encounters that Result in Force — 2004

Alpert, Geoffrey P., Dunham R. G., and MacDonald J. M.

Police Quarterly, 7: 475-488

A Measurement Model Approach to Estimating Community Policing Implementation — 2004

Wilson, Jeremy M.

Ordering Information

Protecting Emergency Responders Volume 3: Safety Management in Disaster and Terrorism Response — 2004

Brian A. Jackson, John C. Baker, M. Susan Ridgely, James T. Bartis, Herbert I. Linn (S&TPI)

Full DocumentResearch Brief

Oregon's Measure 11 Sentencing Reform: Implementation and System Impact — 2004

Nancy Merritt, Terry Fain, Susan Turner

Full Document

Studying Frequency of Arrest Among Paroled Youthful Offenders — 2004

Lattimore, Pamela K., MacDonald, J. M., Piquero, A. R., Linster, R. L., and Visher, C. A.

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 41(1): 37-57

Violence in East and West Oakland: Description and Intervention — 2004

Jeremy Wilson, K. Jack Riley

Full Document

When Terrorism Hits Home: How Prepared Are State and Local Law Enforcement? — 2004

Lois M. Davis, K. Jack Riley, Greg Ridgeway, Jennifer E. Pace, Sarah K. Cotton, Paul Steinberg, Kelly Damphousse and Brent L. Smith

Full Document

2003

Biometrics: A Look at Facial Recognition — 2003

John Woodward, Chris Horn, Aryn Thomas, Julius Gatune

Full Document

Evaluation of the Impact of Seattle's DWLS Impound Law — 2003

Laura J. Hickman, Terry Fain, Susan Turner, Greg Ridgeway, Barbara Raymond, J.R. Lockwood

Full Document

Measurement and Association in the Structure of Municipal Police Organizations — 2003

Wilson, Jeremy M.

Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies and Management, Special Issue: Police Management and Organizational Issues, 26(2): 276-297

Protecting Emergency Responders, Volume 2: Community Views of Safety and Health Risks and Personal Protection Needs — 2003

Tom LaTourrette, D. J. Peterson, James T. Bartis, Brian A. Jackson, and Ari Houser (S&TPI)

Full Document Research Brief

Reducing Gun Violence: Results from an Intervention in East Los Angeles — 2003

George Tita, K. Jack Riley, Greg Ridgeway, Clifford A. Grammich, Allan Abrahamse, Peter W. Greenwood

Full Document

Training the 21st Century Police Officer: Redefining Police Professionalism for the Los Angeles Police Department — 2003

Russell W. Glenn, Barbara R. Panitch, Dionne Barnes-Proby, Elizabeth Williams, John Christian, Matthew W. Lewis, Scott Gerwehr, David W. Brannan

Full Document

2002

Protecting Emergency Responders - Lessons Learned from Terrorist Attacks — 2002

Brian Jackson, D.J. Peterson, James Bartis, Tom LaTourrette, Irene Brahmakulam, Ari Houser, Jerry Sollinger (S&TPI)

Full Document

2001

Challenges and Choices for Crime-Fighting Technology: Federal Support of State and Local Law Enforcement — 2001

William Schwabe, Lois M. Davis, Brian A. Jackson (S&TPI)

Full Document

The Limits of Supply-Side Drug Control — 2001

Reuter, P.

Full Document

Police Use of Force: An Analysis of Organizational Characteristics — 2001

Alpert, Geoffrey P. & MacDonald, J. M.

Justice Quarterly, 18(2): 393-409

Reducing Firearms Violence Through Directed Police Patrol — 2001

McGarrell, Edmund F., Chermak, S., Weiss, A., and Wilson, J. M.

Criminology and Public Policy, 1(1): 119-148

2000 & Prior (ordered by year)

Do Drug Prohibition and Enforcement Work? — 2000

Caulkins, J.

Full Document

Response to the National Research Council's Assessment of RAND's Controlling Cocaine Study — 2000

Caulkins, J.P., Chiesa, J.R., Sohler Everingham, S.M.

Full Document

Needs and Prospects for Crime-Fighting Technology: The Federal Role in Assisting State and Local Law Enforcement — 1999

William Schwabe (S&TPI)

Full Document

Drug Control in The Handbook of Crime & Punishment — 1998

MacCoun, R.J., Reuter, P.

Full Document

Snow Job? The War Against International Cocaine Trafficking — 1996

Riley, K.J.

Full Document

Domestic Terrorism: A National Assessment of State and Local Law Enforcement Preparedness — 1995

Kevin Jack Riley, Bruce Hoffman

Full Document

Licensing Criminals: Police and Informants — 1982

Peter Reuter

Full Document