Publications on Law Enforcement
Evaluating the Communities Foundation of Texas's Gift to the Dallas Police Department: The Caruth Police Institute's First Leadership Course — 2012
An evaluation of the first course offered by the Caruth Police Institute at Dallas, supported by funds from the Communities Foundation of Texas, considered participants' opinions of the course's impact on various aspects of their jobs.
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.
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.
Using Pattern Analysis and Systematic Randomness to Allocate U.S. Border Security Resources — 2012
This report investigates how the Office of Border Patrol could employ pattern and trend analysis and systematic randomness to increase interdiction rates and mitigate smuggler adaptation.
Workforce Development for Big-City Law Enforcement Agencies — 2012
Provides an overview of a RAND methodology for creating an effective workforce development system to better align personnel with current and future force requirements.
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.
First Year Evaluation of the Caruth Police Institute at Dallas — 2011
The Caruth Police Institute (CPI) provides officer training and serves as the Dallas Police Department's research and problem-solving arm. This report examines the extent to which CPI is meeting its goals, along with obstacles and responses.
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.
Mitigating Corruption in Government Security Forces: The Role of Institutions, Incentives, and Personnel Management in Mexico — 2011
Mexico has undertaken reforms in recent years to professionalize its police. This report analyzes police reform in Mexico, suggesting progress on some fronts, though police corruption remains high and more work is needed.
Altered State? Assessing How Marijuana Legalization in California Could Influence Marijuana Consumption and Public Budgets — 2010
Legalizing marijuana in California would lead to a substantial decline in price, but there is much uncertainty about legalization's effect on public budgets and consumption; even minor changes in assumptions lead to major differences in outcomes.
An Assessment of the Scientific Support Underlying the FY2011 Budget Priorities of the Office of National Drug Control Policy — 2010
Testimony presented before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy on April 14, 2010.
Hidden in Plain Sight: What Cost-of-Crime Research Can Tell Us About Investing in Police — 2010
Research on the cost of crime and the effectiveness of police in preventing crime can be used to better understand the returns on investments in police. Returns on investments in police personnel are likely to be substantial.
Improving Police Recruitment and Retention — 2010
Local police agencies face recruitment and retention challenges. Existing research can help local officials identify what has been learned elsewhere and is applicable to their own situations.
Information Technology, Organization, and Productivity in the Public Sector: Evidence from Police Departments — 2010
Examines the relationship between information technology, organization, and productivity in the public sector using a panel data set of police departments that covers 1987 through 2003.
Long-Term Effects of Law Enforcement's Post-9/11 Focus on Counterterrorism and Homeland Security — 2010
Examines the effects that a stronger focus on homeland security and counterterrorism has had on law enforcement since 9/11, including organizational changes, funding mechanisms, and benefits, costs, and future challenges.
Methods for Assessing Racially Biased Policing — 2011
Discusses an array of methods that have been used to assess, using data on stops made by police officers, the existence or extent of racially biased policing.
No Path to Glory: Deterring Homegrown Terrorism — 2010
Testimony presented before the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment on May 26, 2010.
Recruiting and Retaining America's Finest: Evidence-Based Lessons for Police Workforce Planning — 2010
Shares results of a survey, sent to every U.S. police agency with at least 300 sworn officers, on recruitment and retention practices. Compensation, city size, and crime rates affected recruiting. Cohort sizes highlighted management challenges.
Today's Police and Sheriff Recruits: Insights from the Newest Members of America's Law Enforcement Community — 2010
Summarizes a 2008-2009 survey of recent police officer and sheriff's deputy recruits designed to aid the law enforcement community in refining its recruitment practices and improving recruitment results.
Toward a Comparison of DNA Profiling and Databases in the United States and England — 2010
RAND researchers explored the U.S. and English forensic DNA analysis systems to find out whether England has capitalized more fully on their crime-fighting potential than the U.S. system.
The Challenge of Domestic Intelligence in a Free Society: A Multidisciplinary Look at the Creation of a U.S. Domestic Counterterrorism Intelligence Agency — 2009
Does the United States need a dedicated domestic counterterrorism intelligence agency? This book examines such an agency's creation, possible capability, and approaches for assessing its effectiveness and acceptability to the public.
Cincinnati Police Department Traffic Stops: Applying RAND's Framework to Analyze Racial Disparities — 2009
In 2002, the Cincinnati Police Department, through a collaborative agreement, joined with other organizations to improve police-community relations. This report focuses on the analysis of racial disparities in traffic stops in Cincinnati.
Doubly Robust Internal Benchmarking and False Discovery Rates for Detecting Racial Bias in Police Stops — 2009
Presents a statistical method to flag police officers who may potentially exhibit racial bias when making pedestrian stops.
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, 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.
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