Emma Disley

Overview

Commentary

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  Is the EU Drugs Strategy Helping to Curb the Harm Caused by Drugs?

  The EU Drugs Strategy takes a balanced approach to reduce drug demand, supply, and harm. All EU member states have a national drugs strategy, and most are aligned with the EU's. Having a coordinated voice on drug policy is valuable but is the strategy working?

  Jan 9, 2018 E!Sharp

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  UK Prisons Are in 'Crisis,' So What Can Be Done to Improve Performance?

  Prisons in the UK are experiencing record numbers of suicides and other violent incidents, as well as staff shortages. Policymakers working on prison reform need more effective ways to measure the performance of prison programs.

  Feb 20, 2017 Criminal Law and Justice Weekly

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  Drug Dependence: Treatment Over Incarceration

  Drug dependence imposes significant costs to society and traditional criminal justice responses like imprisonment do not reduce crime. More quality research on alternative sanctions could help police, prosecutors, and judges expand their options while helping users get treatment.

  Oct 3, 2016 Criminal Law & Justice Weekly

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  Does Intervention or Investment Innovate? Social Impact Bonds at the Close of the Peterborough Prison Pilot

  There is limited evidence to support the assumption that social impact bonds offer a particularly effective way to spur innovation in service provision and will only have beneficial effects.

  Jan 25, 2016 The RAND Blog

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  A Competitive Landscape for Providing Services Is an Opportunity for Evidence-Building, but Who Will Benefit?

  In a tight fiscal climate the UK government has been an innovator in ways to fund and deliver effective public services. New funding arrangements present opportunities for developing the evidence base for policy and practice, since they are associated with different types of service providers.

  Dec 2, 2014 PolicyWonkers

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  Advancing Social Outcomes: Private Investors Could Be Part of the Solution

  Under a Social Impact Bond, private investors — rather than the government — provide up-front funding for programs that tackle such challenges as recidivism or homelessness. If these programs succeed, the government pays some of the savings back to the investors.

  May 14, 2013 Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity

Publications

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Evaluation of the Social Impact Bond Trailblazers in Health and Social Care: Final Report

  The Department of Health commissioned an independent evaluation of Social Impact Bond Trailblazers from PIRU, in partnership with RAND Europe, to explore their potential benefits and costs.

  Jul 20, 2018

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  Journal Article

  Research Paper on the Costs of Non-Europe in the Area of Procedural Rights and Detention Conditions

  This report looks at the cost of non-Europe in relation to procedural rights and detention conditions.

  Dec 20, 2017

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  Journal Article

  An Analysis of Trends in First Time Entrants to the Youth Justice System

  A study to investigate the possible factors related to the rapid changes in the number of first time entrants to the youth justice system in England and Wales.

  Nov 17, 2017

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  Evaluation of The Atlantic Philanthropies Migration Programme

  This report presents findings from an evaluation of The Atlantic Philanthropies Migration Programme, which provided grants to organisations supporting migrants. It looks at the impacts achieved in law, policy and practice in Ireland.

  May 31, 2017

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  Mid-Term Assessment of the EU Drugs Strategy 2013–2020 and Final Evaluation of the Action Plan on Drugs 2013–2016: Final report

  The report sets out the findings of an evaluation that assesses the degree of implementation of the EU Drugs Strategy 2013-2020 and the Action Plan 2013-2016 in all 28 EU Member States in terms of outputs and, where possible, impacts.

  May 24, 2017

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  Journal Article

  Study on Alternatives to Coercive Sanctions as Response to Drug Law Offences and Drug-Related Crimes: Final Report

  This study aims to map alternatives to coercive sanctions (ACS) for drug law offences and drug-related crimes that are available under the law in each EU member state and describe the use of these sanctions in practice.

  Sep 8, 2016

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  Evaluation of the Offender Liaison and Diversion Trial Schemes

  In 2014 a new model for liaison and diversion schemes, which identify people with vulnerabilities in the criminal justice system, was implemented in ten areas of England. This evaluation looks at the implementation of the new model in these sites.

  Jul 12, 2016

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  Journal Article

  Modeling the Structure and Operation of Drug Supply Chains: The Case of Cocaine and Heroin in Italy and Slovenia

  This study of cocaine and heroin distribution networks in Italy and Slovenia explores a new approach to modeling such networks and identifying different market levels, defined by the quantity and frequency of sales and ranging from international brokers to wholesale distributors to retail dealers.

  Jun 2, 2016

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  Journal Article

  Strategies for a Risky Business: How Drug Dealers Manage Customers, Suppliers and Competitors in Italy, Slovenia and Germany

  A growing body of literature aims to improve understanding of the operations of drug trafficking markets through conducting interviews with dealers and traffickers.

  May 19, 2016

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  Evaluation of EPIM III: 2012-2015

  The European Programme for Integration and Migration provides funding to strengthen civil society organisations to advocate for constructive approaches to migration. In 2012 EPIM asked RAND to undertake an evaluation of their third funding round.

  Apr 6, 2016

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  The Cost of Non-Europe in the area of Organised Crime and Corruption: Annex II - Corruption

  This study looks at the cost of non-Europe in relation to corruption, examining potential added value or benefits of EU-wide implementation of anti-corruption policies.

  Mar 22, 2016

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  Using Multi Agency Public Protection Arrangements to manage and supervise terrorist offenders: Findings from an exploratory study

  The research aimed to identify priorities for further attention by policymakers and researchers looking at the effectiveness of post-release supervision of terrorist offenders under Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA).

  Mar 4, 2016

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  Local perspectives in Ending Gang and Youth Violence areas: Perceptions of the nature of urban street gangs

  The aim of this study was to understand perceptions of the nature of urban street gangs and whether these gangs have changed in recent years in the 33 areas that make up the UK Government's Ending Gang and Youth Violence (EGYV) programme.

  Feb 26, 2016

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  The payment by results Social Impact Bond pilot at HMP Peterborough: Final process evaluation report

  RAND Europe was commissioned to evaluate the development, implementation and operation of the 'Social Impact Bond' implemented at HMP Peterborough. This report provides evidence and key lessons on the operation of this funding model.

  Feb 26, 2016

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  An Evaluation of Social Impact Bonds in Health and Social Care: Interim Report

  This interim report describes the progress of the nine 'Trailblazer' projects that investigate the feasibility of setting up Social Impact Bond (SIB) projects in health and social care in England.

  Apr 1, 2015

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  Evaluation of EPIM III: Emerging insights from the evaluation so far

  This report sets out some emerging insights from the ongoing evaluation of the European Programme for Integration and Migration (EPIM) 2012-2015 programme.

  Nov 24, 2014

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  Phase 2 report from the payment by results Social Impact Bond pilot at HMP Peterborough

  This report is the second from the evaluation of the Social Impact Bond pilot at Peterborough prison. Based on stakeholder interviews it looks at the operation of the pilot over the last four years.

  Jul 18, 2014

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  Journal Article

  Dealing with Cocaine and Heroin in Italy: Business Strategies and Operations

  This study provides useful insights into understanding how the cocaine and heroin market works in Italy, and the role that some dealers play within it.

  2014

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  Report

  Development of a framework to estimate the cost of opioid dependence

  This report sets out the findings of a targeted review of the harms of opioid dependence, and an assessment of existing estimates of the its costs. A proposed framework for developing estimates of the costs of opioid dependence is outlined.

  Nov 5, 2013

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  Journal Article

  Drugs and Alcohol PBR Pilot Evaluation: Scoping and Feasibility Report

  The purpose of the PbR Pilots is to develop and test out new approaches to the commissioning and delivery of drugs and alcohol recovery systems that reward achievement of this outcome.

  Nov 1, 2012

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  Report

  Evaluation of the implementation of the Europol Council Decision and of Europol’s activities

  This report sets out findings from a wide-ranging evaluation of Europol -- the European Police Office. It examines Europol's capabilities, legal basis and activities, highlighting potential areas for reform in the forthcoming Europol Regulation.

  Jul 25, 2012

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  Assessment of the implementation of the EU Drugs Strategy 2005—2012 and its Action Plans

  This report sets out findings from an independent evaluation of the EU Drugs Strategy 2005-12 and Action Plans. The research examined the implementation, relevance and influence of the Strategy and its added value for Member States and at EU level.

  Apr 18, 2012

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  Report

  Feasibility Study for a European Cybercrime Centre

  RAND Europe conducted a feasibility study on a European Cybercrime Centre by reviewing literature, conducting extensive consultations with law enforcement and a scenario based workshop. The study evaluated different options for the set up of the ECC.

  Mar 27, 2012

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  Individual disengagement from Al Qa'ida-influenced terrorist groups: A Rapid Evidence Assessment to inform policy and practice in preventing terrorism

  This project reviewed available evidence on factors associated with exit from violent extremist groups and the effectiveness of interventions to encourage individuals to leave such groups, to inform the UK counterterrorism strategy.

  Mar 2, 2012

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  Journal Article

  Incentives and Challenges for Information Sharing in the Context of Network and Information Security

  This report sets out findings from a research project into the barriers to and incentives for information sharing in the field of network and information security, in the context of peer-to-peer groups such as Information Exchanges (IE) and Information Sharing Analysis Centres (ISACs).

  2012

• Research Brief

  Research Brief

  Evaluation of the Social Impact Bond: Lessons from planning and early implementation at HMP Peterborough

  RAND Europe has evaluated the world's first Social Impact Bond (SIB), an innovative payment-by-results mechanism to fund public services which aims to reduce reoffending by prisoners. This report presents the initial findings of the evaluation.

  Dec 14, 2011

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  Report

  Lessons learned from the planning and early implementation of the Social Impact Bond at HMP Peterborough

  This report identifies early lessons from the development and implementation of the world's first Social Impact Bond, which is being piloted by the UK Ministry of Justice and aims to provide interventions to reduce reoffending.

  Nov 4, 2011

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  Map the Gap: a critical review of the literature on gambling-related harm

  This report 'maps the gaps' in the current evidence base relating to harmful gambling. It describes the quantity and quality of existing research in this field, and highlights areas in which evidence and knowledge are sparse or lacking.

  Oct 17, 2011

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  Toward a Comparison of DNA Profiling and Databases in the United States and England

  RAND researchers explored the U.S. and English forensic DNA analysis systems to find out whether England has capitalized more fully on their crime-fighting potential than the U.S. system.

  Dec 20, 2010

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  Local Authority Commissioning: Understanding the use of information and evidence by commissioners of services

  This exploratory research examines the types of data and information Local Authorities draw upon to make commissioning decisions.

  Oct 7, 2009

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  Health and wellbeing at work in the United Kingdom

  The report presents the findings of a study undertaken for the English Department of Health in 2009 on whether health workplace interventions could improve the levels of health and wellbeing in British workplaces and the NHS in England.

  Sep 14, 2009

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  Report

  Tackling Violent Crime: Findings from regional workshops with 12 Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships

  This report examines the work of Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships in tackling violence. It highlights promising practices and discusses some of the barriers faced by local practitioners working to reduce violent crime.

  Apr 29, 2009