2012-05-24T14:24:05Z Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/topics/crime.html http://www.rand.org/ise/centers/quality_policing/cost-of-crime.html Nov 3, 2010 Nov 3, 2010

Cost-of-crime and police effectiveness research can be used to measure how changing the size of police departments will affect overall crime costs to society.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP22-2012-04.html May 11, 2012 May 11, 2012

Stories discuss Iran's nuclear threat, social security for Mexico's aging population, programs to help veterans and their families, the costs of crime and the value of police officers, psychological operations in Afghanistan, the U.S. health insurance mandate, legal representation in murder cases, marijuana legalization, U.S. competitiveness in educational achievement, and Louisiana's plan for a sustainable coast.

http://www.rand.org/publications/randreview/issues/2012/spring/centerpiece.html May 11, 2012 May 11, 2012

An infographic presents findings from RAND's Cost of Crime Calculator — the new tool, by quantifying the tangible and intangible costs of crime, can help cities decide how best to invest their crime-control dollars.

http://www.rand.org/publications/randreview/issues/2012/spring/veterans.html May 11, 2012 May 11, 2012

Ten RAND authors highlight seven ways in which the United States can help to ensure that veterans and their families receive health care, employment and education opportunities, and other benefits.

http://www.rand.org/gulf-states/policy-spotlights/crime-homicide-reduction.html Apr 3, 2012 Apr 3, 2012

The New Orleans Police Department launched a new crime-fighting plan in late January, with the title "SOS: Save Our Sons." The plan was developed using policing research similar to the findings of RAND's Center on Quality Policing.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120095.html Apr 1, 2012 Apr 1, 2012

This paper explores the potential of the art market for open-source intelligence assessments of cultural security.

http://www.rand.org/labor/centers/clasp/research/projects/mexico-brazil-public-services.html Feb 15, 2012 Feb 15, 2012

Understanding how criminal gangs and other non-state actors compete with the state to provide public services, gain popular support, and jeopardize security can help policymakers counter these groups' activities.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR991-1.html Jan 4, 2012 Jan 4, 2012

Safe Start Promising Approaches (SSPA) is the second phase of a community-based initiative focused on developing and fielding interventions to prevent and reduce the impact of children's exposure to violence. This report shares the results of SSPA, which was intended to implement and evaluate promising and evidence-based programs in 15 program sites across the country.

http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/social-impact-bonds.html Dec 2, 2011 Dec 2, 2011

The world's first Social Impact Bond, an innovative payment-by-results mechanism to fund public services, was implemented in a prison in Peterborough in eastern England. It aims to reduce reoffending by prisoners who have served short custodial sentences.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT370.html Dec 2, 2011 Dec 2, 2011

Testimony presented before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Health on December 2, 2011.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR948.html Oct 26, 2011 Oct 26, 2011

This report discusses the status of cold-case investigations in the United States and examines factors associated with successful ones, reporting a survey of law enforcement agencies about their current practices for investigating cold cases and an analysis of four agencies' files.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9575.html Sep 13, 2011 Sep 13, 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.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/conf_proceedings/CF290.html Sep 12, 2011 Sep 12, 2011

The debate over the new U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission whistleblower rules overshadows a deeper question for corporations and regulators—how best to reconcile strong compliance and internal reporting mechanisms with the incentives created by the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act to report fraud directly to the SEC.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/08/26/PBS.html Aug 26, 2011 Aug 26, 2011

Boys and men of color—in particular, young African American men—are particularly vulnerable to racial and ethnic disparities. That such disparities exist should surprise no one. Nor should the fact that such disparities diminish the life chances of those affected, writes Lois M. Davis.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR936.html Aug 2, 2011 Aug 2, 2011

The European Commission seeks to develop a European Crime Report (ECR) to improve understanding of the EU crime and justice situation. RAND Europe researched the analytical and operational challenges and opportunities to developing an ECR.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/06/14/BGOV.html Jun 14, 2011 Jun 14, 2011

The kerfuffle over Dodd-Frank conceals broad agreement that corporate fraud and misconduct are bad and that internal compliance mechanisms are intended to protect companies as well the community at large from bad behavior, write Michael Greenberg and Donna Boehme.

http://www.rand.org/multimedia/video/2011/02/15/measuring-serious-crime.html Jun 3, 2011 Jun 3, 2011

At a TEDx event, Jennifer Rubin, Director of RAND Europe’s Communities, Safety and Justice Program, explored the hidden nature of the scale of serious and organized crime, such as drug and human trafficking, and suggested how a new approach inspired by methods used in the natural sciences could help to address these issues.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2011/05/29/ND.html May 29, 2011 May 29, 2011

Not only would the delivery of quality behavioral care prevent suicides, but it would also aid in the recovery of the nearly 20 percent of service members with post-traumatic stress disorder or depression, writes Rajeev Ramchand.

http://www.rand.org/multimedia/video/2011/05/10/the-war-within.html May 10, 2011 May 10, 2011

In this May 2011 Congressional Briefing, behavioral scientist Rajeev Ramchand presents RAND research and analysis on recent increases in suicides among members of the U.S. military.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB602.html Mar 29, 2011 Mar 29, 2011

Despite a range of legislative and policy interventions, the trade in illicit art and antiquities continues to flourish, resulting in damage to the arts, scholarship, and heritage. RAND Europe explored new ways of curtailing the illegal trade in cultural property.