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About the Safety and Justice Program

The Safety and Justice Program is the home for RAND research on occupational safety, transportation safety, food safety, and public safety (including violence, policing, corrections, substance abuse, and public integrity).

National Summit on Recruitment and Retention — Jun. 17 & 18, 2008

Police Recruits

Recruitment and retention of police officers is an increasing challenge for police agencies. In response, the RAND Center on Quality Policing is gathering police leaders from across the U.S. and is hosting a National Summit on Police Recruitment and Retention in the Contemporary Urban Environment.

Assessing NYPD to Determine Best Practices on Firearm Training and Discharge Avoidance — Jun. 9, 2008

NYPD cop car driving down street

More opportunities for thorough training, closer monitoring of lower-rated police officers, and incorporating non-lethal devices can help further reduce the already minute probability that an NYPD officer fires their weapon.

handcuffs

Disrupting Illegal Gun Markets - April 30, 2008

Hand holding pistol

Could a data-driven, problem-solving approach yield new interventions to disrupt local, illegal gun markets serving criminals, gang members, and juveniles in Los Angeles? 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.

Safety and Justice Congressional Newsletter - February 19, 2008

Monthly Congressional newsletter

This month's Congressional Newsletter features research on racial bias in police stops and a project studying rates of recidivism for legal and illegal immigrants.

Caruth Dallas Police Institute lands at the University of North Texas following RAND study - January 8, 2008

A police department

Following the recommendation of a RAND study to identify an optimal strategic investment in the Dallas Police Department, the Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) granted $9.5 million to the University of North Texas to create the W.W. Caruth, Jr. Dallas Police Institute.

Community Policing and Violence Prevention in Oakland — Jan. 8, 2008

Police officer

An assessment of the first-year progress of community-policing and violence-prevention programs in Oakland funded by Measure Y found that implementation of community policing has been delayed, but violence-prevention programs have been implemented as planned.

NYPD Pedestrian Stop Patterns Mostly Racially Neutral, with Some Trouble Spots — Nov. 20, 2007

Police officer handcuffing suspect

Pedestrian stops made by New York police officers during 2006 reveal that minorities were frisked more often than whites in Staten Island, and by a small number of individual officers, but stops in most areas of the city show smaller differences.

Human Trafficking Problem Hits Close to Home — Oct. 19, 2007

Woman with head in hands

While many of us think of human trafficking—both sex and labor trafficking—as occurring mostly in foreign countries, it is a growing national concern, and one that often hits home in local communities.

Safety and Justice Congressional Newsletter - October 19, 2007

Monthly Congressional newsletter

This month's Congressional Newsletter highlights reports on human trafficking, racial profiling, and the Bankruptcy Act of 2005.

Prebankruptcy Credit Counseling - September 12, 2007

RAND Analyses on Policy Issues in Personal Bankruptcies

The U.S. Trustee Program asked RAND for help in examining what constitutes effective prebankruptcy credit counseling and how to measure it. RAND presents conclusions and recommendations in this report.

Identifying Fraud, Abuse, and Error in Personal Bankruptcy Filings - September 12, 2007

RAND Analyses on Policy Issues in Personal Bankruptcies

On behalf of the U.S. Trustee Program, RAND examined ways to better identify and measure fraud, abuse, and error in personal bankruptcies. Conclusions include lessons learned from the IRS and the private sector may provide the direction for the future of the bankruptcy court system.

Protecting Emergency Responders at Large-Scale Incidents - September 12, 2007

RAND congressional testimony

Testimony presented before the House Education and Labor Committee on September 12, 2007, by Brian A. Jackson. Includes insight into why 9/11 WTC recovery workers were not properly protected. Also includes recommended "key ingredients" in implementing an integrated approach to safety management.

Prison Health Care - July 12, 2007

shackeled prisoner's legs

California's ill and aging prison population needs improved health care - not just as a matter of compassion, but to protect the health and safety of the rest of us.

Focus on the Worst Ex-Cons and Boost Community-Based Rehab - May 27, 2007

a guard unlocking a jail cell door

Taking funds needed for new rehabilitation- and community-supervision programs and using them to build new prison beds is a costly and shortsighted solution to the problem of soaring prisoner populations and rising corrections costs.

National Computer Security Survey Measures Impact of Cybercrime - May 2, 2006

computer security

Sponsored by the U.S. Departments of Justice and Homeland Security, the National Computer Security Survey will report on the number and consequences of cyber attacks, frauds and thefts of information among the 5.3 million businesses in the United States.

Mental Health Courts Have the Potential to Save Taxpayers Money - Mar. 1, 2007

Courthouse column

Special courts that sentence people with mental illness who are convicted of misdemeanors and low-level felonies to treatment instead of jail have the potential to save taxpayers money.

Improving Recruitment and Retention in New Orleans - March 30, 2007

Police officer talking on a radio

Hurricane Katrina created unprecedented staffing challenges for the New Orleans Police Department. The RAND Center on Quality Policing staff analyzed the problems and developed lessons for the City based on RAND's experience with large personnel systems.

RAND will conduct an assessment of how the New York City Police Department conducts pedestrian stops - March 1, 2007

man being led away in handcuffs by a police officer

Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly announced that the RAND Corporation will conduct this comprehensive and objective assessment of how the New York City Police Department stops and questions pedestrians. RAND will analyze more than 500,000 pedestrian stops that occurred during 2006, in addition to and engaging in interviews and observations of current officers conducting stops.

Nanomaterials in the Workplace - Jan. 4, 2007

police

Testimony presented to public meeting on research needs related to the environmental, health, and safety aspects of engineered nanoscale materials on January 4, 2007.

RAND Corporation Will Assess NYPD Firearms Training & Tactics and Firearms Discharge Review Procedures - Jan. 4, 2007

Police officer

RAND was chosen to perform an objective and comprehensive review of the New York City Police Department's firearms training and tactical procedures. The study will collect information about similar firearms training nationwide and identify best practices. The study is expected to be completed by summer of 2007.

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