Publications on Child and Adolescent Safety
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Report — 2012
The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds programs that curb crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. This report summarizes, for fiscal year 2009-2010, state- and county-determined outcome measures from each program.
National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches: Assessing Program Outcomes — 2012
Shares the results of Safe Start Promising Approaches, a community-based initiative that implemented and evaluated promising and evidence-based programs to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to violence in 15 U.S. program sites.
Reducing the Impact of Children's Exposure to Violence: Results of the National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches — 2011
RAND's evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches identified program successes and challenges in implementing programs for children exposed to violence. The evaluation results, though largely inconclusive, can inform similar efforts going forward.
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Report — 2010
The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds programs that curb crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. This report summarizes, for fiscal year 2008-2009, state- and county-determined outcome measures from each program.
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Report — 2010
The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds programs that curb crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. This report summarizes, for fiscal year 2007-2008, state- and county-determined outcome measures from each program.
National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches: Assessing Program Implementation — 2010
Documents the implementation of 15 programs across the country that provide interventions for families in which children have been exposed to violence, with the goal of building knowledge about the effectiveness of specific intervention strategies.
The Costs of Methamphetamine Use: A National Estimate — 2009
The economic cost of methamphetamine use reached more than an estimated $23 billion in 2005, mostly from the intangible burden that addiction places on dependent users and their premature mortality and from crime and criminal justice costs.
The Economic Cost of Methamphetamine Use in the United States, 2005 — 2009
The first national estimate of the economic cost of methamphetamine considers burdens of addiction, early death, drug treatment, lost productivity, crime and criminal justice, health care, production and environmental hazards, and child endangerment.
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: RAND Quarterly Report, October 2008 — 2009
As part of an evaluation of Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act activities through the Los Angeles County Probation Department, the authors determine whether five home-based service providers use evidence-based practices and effective intervention.
Neighborhood Effects on Crime and Youth Violence: The Role of Business Improvement Districts in Los Angeles — 2009
Business improvement districts (BIDs) collect assessments and invest in such activities as place promotion, street cleaning, and public safety. This report examines BID activities and their impact on crime and youth violence in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Report — 2007
Success of intervention programs for probationers and participating youths is measured by the following outcomes: successful completion of probation, restitution, and community service; arrests; probation violations; and incarcerations.
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Report — 2007
Success of intervention programs for probationers and participating youths is measured by the following outcomes: successful completion of probation, restitution, and community service; arrests; probation violations; and incarcerations.
Using Outcomes to Assess Teen Substance-Use Treatment Programs -- How Feasible? — 2007
This study explored using outcome data to assess adolescent substance abuse treatment program performance. However, this approach may be problematic. A more promising approach may be to identify quality-of-care indicators for assessing performance.
How Schools Can Help Students Recover from Traumatic Experiences: A Tool Kit for Supporting Long-Term Recovery — 2006
Describes how trauma exposure impacts students' performance and behavior and provides a compendium of programs for schools to support long-term recovery.
The Relative Effectiveness of 10 Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in the United States — 2006
Reports results of interviews of youths treated in 11 adolescent programs that had been identified as having suggestive evidence of effectiveness, to learn whether they had better outcomes than they would have had at other facilities.
Accomplishments in Juvenile Probation in California Over the Last Decade — 2005
Over the past decade, probation departments in California have undertaken major juvenile initiatives; although these were concomitant with reductions in juvenile arrests and other positive outcomes, we cannot definitively attribute observed statewide trends to these initiatives.
Juvenile Probation Initiatives in California and Their Effects — 2005
Over the past ten years, probation departments across the state of California have undertaken five major initiatives aimed at juvenile offenders and at-risk youths.
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Report — 2005
This report contains a summary of the fiscal year 2003-2004 (FY 03-04) findings reported to the Board of Corrections (BOC), as well as additional program information gathered by Los Angeles County Probation based on its oversight and monitoring of program implementation and outcomes.
Evaluating Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Adolescent Probationers — 2004
In this study, RAND researchers found that one substance abuse treatment program helped young probationers reduce substance abuse and improve their psychological functioning.
Oregon’s Measure 11 Sentencing Reform: Implementation and System Impact — 2004
The impacts of Measure 11 on crime and its prosecution in Oregon.
An Evaluation of Substance Abuse Treatment Services for Juvenile Probationers at Phoenix Academy of Los Angeles — 2003
In this chapter the authors describe the Phoenix Academy program.
School-Based Drug Prevention: What Kind of Drug Use Does It Prevent? — 2002
The authors compare the social benefits of school-based prevention programs' long-run impacts on a diverse set of different substances.
Using Marijauna May Not Raise the Risk Of Using Harder Drugs — 2002
A recent analysis by RAND's Drug Policy Research Center (DPRC) suggests that data typically used to support a marijuana gateway effect can be explained as well by a different theory.
What Are the True Benefits of School-Based Drug Prevention Programs? — 2002
This research brief describes work documented in School-Based Drug Prevention: What Kind of Drug Use Does It Prevent? (MR-1459-RWJ).
Options for Restructuring the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act — 2001
This report synthesizes the findings of a review of the structure and performance of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) and assesses options for reforming it.
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