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Commentary
Fight terrorism with intelligence, not might.
Commentary
commentaries by RAND Staff: insightful commentaries on current events, published in newspapers, magazines and journals worldwide.
Report
Examines the hazards that emergency responders face and the personal protective technology needed to contend with those hazards.
Journal Article
This article explores the debate regarding outpatient commitment, current state of research on its effect, and emerging policy issues in more recent outpatient commitment statutes.
Journal Article
The president of Pakistan General Pervez Musharraf has promised to deal with the ongoing criminal activity going in the nation.
Journal Article
Research is an exploratory test of two hypotheses emerging from debates about how police behavior may influence domestic violence victim reporting.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff.
Journal Article
Compared three groups of substance abuse clients drawn from a representative sample of community treatment facilities in a large metropolitan area.
Journal Article
Attention has been given to the debate regarding allowances for medical marijuana use since the 1996 California and Arizona ballot initiatives.
Journal Article
Law enforcement can play a valuable role within a harm reduction paradigm, but this possibility is often overlooked.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff.
Journal Article
Police use of force has become an important public policy concern and topic of research during the past few years.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff.
Journal Article
Data suggest that decriminalizing syringes and needles would likely result in reductions in the behaviors that expose IDUs to blood borne viruses.
Journal Article
Recipients of Social Security disability benefits with comorbid psychiatric problems lost benefits because they did not appeal or appeal was denied.
Report
A capsule statement of the major findings and proposed reforms resulting from a two-year RAND study of police investigation of serious reported crimes.
Report
Overview of major findings of a study of aids to police patrol decisionmaking.
People
Research Editor
J.D. in law, University of Pittsburgh; M.A. in education, College of William and Mary; B.A. in philosophy, College of William and Mary
People
Senior Policy Researcher; Professor, Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. in public health, University of California, Los Angeles
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