Publications on Crime, Violence, and Public Safety
Evaluating the Communities Foundation of Texas's Gift to the Dallas Police Department: Patrol Car Video Recorders and Laptops — 2012
An evaluation of a Dallas Police Department initiative, supported by funds from the Communities Foundation of Texas, to install video recorders and laptops in patrol cars sought to assess the impact and challenges of implementation.
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.
Selected International Best Practices in Police Performance Measurement — 2012
Police officers take on a variety of roles, and performance measures should capture this complexity. This report describes key considerations in designing police performance measures and includes a detailed review of international best practices.
Cold-Case Investigations: An Analysis of Current Practices and Factors Associated with Successful Outcomes — 2011
This report discusses cold-case investigations in the United States and examines factors associated with successful ones, reporting a survey of law enforcement agencies about their cold-case investigations and an analysis of four agencies' files.
Community-Based Violence Prevention: An Assessment of Pittsburgh's One Vision One Life Program — 2011
The One Vision One Life antiviolence initiative has workers intervene in escalating disputes and seeks to place youth in appropriate social programs. Analysis of the program can help inform other efforts to address urban violence.
How Much Difference Does the Lawyer Make? The Effect of Defense Counsel on Murder Case Outcomes — 2011
Describes the results of a study to examine the effect of defense counsel on outcomes in murder prosecutions in Philadelphia.
Intervening in Gun Markets: An Experiment to Assess the Impact of Targeted Gun-Law Messaging — 2011
Assesses whether targeting new gun buyers with a public safety message aimed at improving gun law awareness affects gun buyers' behaviors.
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.
Sunday Liquor Laws and Crime — 2011
Analyzes the effects of legalization of Sunday packaged liquor sales on crime, focusing on the phased introduction of such sales in Virginia beginning in 2004.
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.
Reducing Pittsburgh Neighborhood Violence — 2010
A sharp increase in Pittsburgh homicides in 2003 led local leaders to launch an antiviolence initiative, One Vision One Life. Researchers found no program effects on homicide and negative effects on assaults.
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.
Film Piracy and Its Connection to Organized Crime and Terrorism — 2009
A detailed investigation into the connections between intellectual-property piracy, organized crime, and terrorism, including case studies of criminal and terrorist groups and recommendations for reducing the demand for and supply of pirated goods.
Film Piracy, Organized Crime, and Terrorism — 2009
The involvement of organized crime and terrorist groups worldwide in counterfeiting products to finance their activities, with case studies of film piracy as an illustrative example.
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.
Securing Rights for Victims: A Process Evaluation of the National Crime Victim Law Institute's Victims' Rights Clinics — 2009
This book discusses how some clinics have won significant gains at the appellate and federal court levels concerning victim standing, the rights to be consulted and heard, and the right to privacy.
Community Policing and Crime: The Process and Impact of Problem-Solving in Oakland — 2008
Building on the first-year implementation assessment, this report examines the progress and effectiveness of the problem-solving officer program funded by Measure Y, Oakland, California's Violence Prevention and Public Safety Act of 2004.
Strategies for Disrupting Illegal Firearm Markets: A Case Study of Los Angeles — 2008
Law enforcement can analyze patterns in crime-gun data to trace illicit firearm acquisition, use community-based interventions to stem the illegal flow, and use retail ammunition-purchase records in identifying prohibited firearm possessors.
Community Policing and Violence Prevention in Oakland: Measure Y in Action — 2007
An assessment of the first-year progress of community-policing and violence-prevention programs funded by Measure Y, a 10-year initiative to reduce violence in Oakland. The report focuses on implementation; impact analyses will be conducted later.
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.
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