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All Items (246)
Journal Article
The purpose of this study was to examine the psychosocial, behavioral, and environmental profiles of homeless women.
Journal Article
Amount and nature of violence exposure and examine the relationship between violence exposure and distress symptoms among children in foster care.
Journal Article
A specific deterrence strategy whereby the police utilize directed patrol to focus on suspicious activities and locations reduced violent gun crime.
Research Brief
Analysis of data regarding firearm ownership and storage patterns found that of the families in the United States with children and firearms, fewer than half store their firearms unloaded, locked, and away from ammunition.
Research Brief
This research brief describes work documented in Welfare Reform in California: State and County Implementation of CalWORKs in the Second Year (MR-1177-CDSS).
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff.
Journal Article
Adjusting for other factors, low cholesterol is associated with increased subsequent criminal violence.
Journal Article
There is limited understanding of the physical health, mental health, and substance use or abuse correlates of sexual violence against homeless women.
Journal Article
Summarizes findings about drug-facilitated rape by researchers at the U.S. Department of Justice in response to a request from the Attorney General.
Journal Article
This study examines the association between the presence of a general medical illness and suicidality in a representative sample of US young adults.
Research Brief
Anne Pebley and Laura Rudkin explore research results on the characteristics of grandchildren and grandparents in common households and identify a research agenda for this phenomenon.
Journal Article
Approximately 5% to 6% of grandchildren and 10% of grandparents live in grandparent-grandchild households at any point in time.
Report
In combating crime in America, little attention has been paid to keeping children from becoming criminals. What benefit might be realized from such an approach, and at what cost?
Journal Article
This study conducted a prospective test of self-control and opportunity as predictors of property crime and personal crime among drug-using offenders.
Journal Article
In this study, the authors tested two hypotheses drawn from the general theory of crime.
Journal Article
Self-control and criminal opportunity : a prospective test of the general theory of crime
Journal Article
A model of cognitive-behavioral treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in rape survivors is presented
Journal Article
Uses data from a survey conducted by the California Department of Social Services to examine the extent of recidivism in child protective case openings in California and the factors associated with it.
Journal Article
Does crime pay?
Research Brief
Much less attention has been paid to diverting youths who have not yet committed crimes from doing so.
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