2008-10-09T06:20:05Z Copyright (c) 2007-2008, The RAND Corporation Bricolage RAND Corporation urn:uuid:DD692316-4FF8-11DB-9EEF-35351D4D57CE urn:uuid:F67DCCA6-67AF-11DC-8772-14BF38788F35 2008-10-01T00:00:00Z 2008-10-01T00:00:00Z

This dissertation analyzes the combination of federal and investors' class actions to enforce federal securities laws, as well as how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act disrupts joint public and private litigation to discipline self regulatory organizations like the national stock exchanges, and the effects of these attempted reforms on the market.

urn:uuid:EF6B28BA-7D1A-11DD-8DCD-58C038788F35 2008-09-08T00:00:00Z 2008-09-08T00:00:00Z

Deportable immigrants who previously have been expelled from the United States are more likely to be rearrested on suspicion of committing a crime after they are released from jail than other deportable immigrants without the prior history of expulsion.

urn:uuid:E924190A-EF9C-11DC-8B7D-E1BD38788F35 2008-03-27T00:00:00Z 2008-03-27T00:00:00Z

Pretrial discovery is central to the American civil legal process, however the growing volume of electronically stored information has led to concerns over the effects of electronic discovery (e-discovery). A preliminary model explores the range of plausible effects that e-discovery might have on case outcomes.

urn:uuid:AE8250FE-ACDB-11DC-AF56-E1BD38788F35 2008-01-08T00:00:00Z 2008-01-08T00:00:00Z

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.

urn:uuid:D9BF4036-B930-11DC-831C-C5EE38788F35 2008-01-03T00:00:00Z 2008-01-03T00:00:00Z

The financial services industry is complex and financial service professionals are becoming less distinguishable and more inter-related. However, investors are generally highly satisfied with their own financial service providers.

urn:uuid:EE69D27E-8264-11DC-835C-2D1239788F35 2007-12-11T00:00:00Z 2007-12-11T00:00:00Z

The regulatory environment affects small business differently from the way it affects large ones, sometimes leading to unintended negative consequences. An improved understanding of this effect will help lawmakers develop policy designed to advance entrepreneurship.

urn:uuid:F3FDA172-92E8-11DC-9932-E2BD38788F35 2007-11-20T00:00:00Z 2007-11-20T00:00:00Z

Since September 11, 2001, organized groups of families and friends have emerged to become a powerful voice in U.S. counterterrorist policy and legislation. These groups have been successful in establishing the 9/11 Commission and implementing its most important recommendations.

urn:uuid:7F52E53E-6DF5-11DC-B14E-B0BE38788F35 2007-10-10T00:00:00Z 2007-10-10T00:00:00Z

Taxpayers save money and businesses are better protected with the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) in place than if the act is allowed to expire. TRIA allows the insurance industry to play a larger role in compensating losses caused by smaller terrorist attacks by transferring some of the risk for the largest attack to the government.

urn:uuid:1BE968CA-0FAD-11DC-999A-8A628ED6F3CC 2007-06-05T00:00:00Z 2007-06-05T00:00:00Z

Interim findings from a RAND Center for Terrorism Risk Management Policy project suggest that the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act performs well on outcomes examined for conventional attacks but not for chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear ones.