PROJECT
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.
COMMENTARY
Before he closes Guantánamo, Obama must take a clear-eyed look at the record – and anticipate the next chapter of the fight against terrorism. What happens to terrorist suspects after they leave the detention center at Guantánamo Bay, asks Aidan Kirby Winn.
COMMENTARY
On his first day in office, President Barack Obama issued a dramatic series of executive orders intended to symbolize a change of direction in America's "war" on terrorism. Despite the headlines these orders generated, a more significant policy shift may have been the one signaled the week before his inauguration, writes Benjamin Runkle.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
The presence of street gangs has been hypothesized as influencing overall levels of violence in urban communities through a process of gun-drug diffusion and crosstype homicide.
COMMENTARY
A significant emphasis has been placed on female suicide bombers' tactical success, and efforts to determine why they kill focus on al-Qaida's recruitment of women. But little attention is paid to the personal motivation women have for killing themselves and dozens of innocents around them, writes Farhana Ali.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Over 20% of South Africans aged 15-49 years are infected with HIV. Misinformation about the epidemic has arisen among black Africans, including genocidal conspiracy beliefs about the role of government and whites in causing the epidemic.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Time-series analyses suggest a significant decline in homicide similar to those observed in Boston and Minneapolis. Comparisons to six similar Midwestern cities revealed that Indianapolis was the only city to experience a significant decline in homicide. The results are discussed in the context of deterrence research and suggest the need to move beyond single-city evaluations of promising interventions.
COMMENTARY
Published commentary by RAND staff: Biometrics in the War on Terror in United Press International.
COMMENTARY
Published commentary by RAND staff: Democracy's Defense: Values and Justice in the Baltimore Sun.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Criminologists have long recognized that offending and victimization share common ground.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Between the mid-1980s and early 1990s, there was an unprecedented growth in youth homicides.
COMMENTARY
Published commentary by RAND staff.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
Homicide is the second leading cause of death for Latino children in the United States; the 1999 rate among Latinos aged 1 to 18 years is twice that of white non-Latinos. Poverty and low educational attainment, both of which have high prevalence among Latino youth, are associated with homicide and violent injuries.
COMMENTARY
Published commentary by RAND staff.
COMMENTARY
Published commentary by RAND staff.
COMMENTARY
Published commentary by RAND staff.
COMMENTARY
Published commentary by RAND staff.
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.
COMMENTARY
Published commentary by RAND staff.
JOURNAL ARTICLE
This study demonstrated that military homicides and suicides tended to conform to certain patterns resembling in many respects those of civilian groups.
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