Report
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2016–2017 Report
This annual report to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors evaluates the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act, which offers programs to high-need juvenile probationers and at-risk youths.
Aug 8, 2018
Report
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2015–2016 Report
This annual report to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors evaluates the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act, which offers programs to high-need juvenile probationers and at-risk youths.
Aug 18, 2017
Report
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2014–2015 Report
This annual report to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors evaluates the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act, which offers programs to high-need juvenile probationers and at-risk youths.
Aug 10, 2016
Journal Article
A National Picture of Prison Downsizing Strategies
This study provides an overview of national prison downsizing strategies.
2015
Report
Public Safety Realignment in Twelve California Counties
California legislation grants flexibility to counties in implementing public safety realignment. This report determines whether counties continued and expanded existing practices or took the opportunity to change correctional business as usual.
Jun 29, 2015
Report
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2013–2014 Report
This annual report to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors outlines Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act success offering programs to high-need juvenile probationers and at-risk youth.
Jun 24, 2015
Report
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2012–2013 Report
This annual report to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors outlines Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act success offering programs to high-need juvenile probationers and at-risk youth.
Aug 8, 2014
Research Brief
Is Multisystemic Therapy (MST) Effective for Hispanic Youth? An Evaluation of Outcomes for Juvenile Offenders in Los Angeles County
Multisystemic Therapy improves outcomes for Hispanic youth in the Los Angeles County juvenile justice system. Although initial program costs are high, decreased criminal justice costs over time for high-risk youth could eventually outweigh them.
Jun 17, 2014
Journal Article
Effectiveness of Multisystemic Therapy for Minority Youth: Outcomes Over 8 Years in Los Angeles County
This paper examines juvenile justice outcomes and costs for 757 Multisystemic Therapy (MST) participants and 380 comparison group youth over an 8-year period in Los Angeles County.
2014
Report
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2011–2012 Report
This annual report for the California Board of State and Community Corrections measures the success of Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act programs and initiatives for six state-mandated outcome measures and county-mandated supplemental measures.
Aug 12, 2013
Report
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Report
The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds programs that curb crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. This report summarizes, for fiscal year 2010-2011, state- and county-determined outcome measures from each program.
Sep 17, 2012
Report
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2009-2010 Report
The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds programs that curb crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. This report summarizes, for fiscal year 2009-2010, state- and county-determined outcome measures from each program.
Jan 24, 2012
Research Brief
What Are the Public Health Implications of Prisoner Reentry in California?
Examines the health care needs of released California prisoners, communities most affected by reentry, safety net capacity, and provider experiences with ex-prisoners, given California's Public Safety Realignment Plan and federal health care reform.
Dec 7, 2011
Report
Understanding the Public Health Implications of Prisoner Reentry in California: State-of-the-State Report
Examines the health care needs of newly released California prisoners, the communities most affected by reentry, the capacity of their safety nets, and the experiences of released prisoners, service providers, and families of prisoners.
Nov 16, 2011
Report
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2008-2009 Report
The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds programs that curb crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. This report summarizes, for fiscal year 2008-2009, state- and county-determined outcome measures from each program.
Sep 21, 2010
Report
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2007-2008 Report
The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds programs that curb crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. This report summarizes, for fiscal year 2007-2008, state- and county-determined outcome measures from each program.
2010
Research Brief
Assessing Parolees' Health Care Needs and Potential Access to Health Care Services in California
California parolees' health care, mental health care, and drug- and alcohol-treatment needs, as well as where parolees go when they return to counties, place significant demands on counties' safety-net resources and on their ability meet those needs.
Jun 17, 2009
Report
Understanding the Public Health Implications of Prisoner Reentry in California: Phase I Report
A variety of approaches to assessing the health care needs and geographic distribution of California parolees can help policymakers understand local communities' capacity to meet the needs of this population.
May 29, 2009
Report
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: RAND Quarterly Report, October 2008
As part of an evaluation of Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act activities through the Los Angeles County Probation Department, the authors determine whether five home-based service providers use evidence-based practices and effective intervention.
May 19, 2009
Report
Neighborhood Effects on Crime and Youth Violence: The Role of Business Improvement Districts in Los Angeles
Business improvement districts (BIDs) collect assessments and invest in such activities as place promotion, street cleaning, and public safety. This report examines BID activities and their impact on crime and youth violence in Los Angeles.
Jan 27, 2009
Journal Article
Simultaneous Recruitment of Drug Users and Men Who Have Sex with Men in the United States and Russia Using Respondent-Driven Sampling: Sampling Methods and Implications
The Sexual Acquisition and Transmission of HIV Cooperative Agreement Program (SATHCAP) examined the role of drug use in the sexual transmission of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from traditional high-risk groups.
2009
Journal Article
An Experimental Juvenile Probation Program: Effects on Parent and Peer Relationships
Discusses a team approach to service delivery of an intensive probation program by the South Oxnard Challenge Project (SOCP).
2008
Report
Community Policing and Violence Prevention in Oakland: Measure Y in Action
An assessment of the first-year progress of community-policing and violence-prevention programs funded by Measure Y, a 10-year initiative to reduce violence in Oakland. The report focuses on implementation; impact analyses will be conducted later.
Dec 14, 2007
Report
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2005-2006 Report
Success of intervention programs for probationers and participating youths is measured by the following outcomes: successful completion of probation, restitution, and community service; arrests; probation violations; and incarcerations.
Jul 29, 2007
Report
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2004-2005 Report
Success of intervention programs for probationers and participating youths is measured by the following outcomes: successful completion of probation, restitution, and community service; arrests; probation violations; and incarcerations.
Apr 1, 2007
Report
Police-Community Relations in Cincinnati
In 2002, the Cincinnati Police Department, the Fraternal Order of Police, and the American Civil Liberties Union entered into a collaborative agreement. They contracted RAND to conduct required annual progress evaluations, of which this is the first.
Nov 30, 2005
Research Brief
Juvenile Probation Initiatives in California and Their Effects
Over the past ten years, probation departments across the state of California have undertaken five major initiatives aimed at juvenile offenders and at-risk youths.
Nov 25, 2005
Report
Validation of the Risk and Resiliency Assessment Tool for Juveniles in the Los Angeles County Probation System
Describes RAND's validation of an assessment tool meant to objectively measure the risk and needs of juvenile probationers in Los Angeles County.
Aug 26, 2005
Report
Accomplishments in Juvenile Probation in California Over the Last Decade
Over the past decade, probation departments in California have undertaken major juvenile initiatives; although these were concomitant with reductions in juvenile arrests and other positive outcomes, we cannot definitively attribute observed statewide trends to these initiatives.
Jul 5, 2005
Report
Just Cause or Just Because? Prosecution and Plea-Bargaining Resulting in Prison Sentences on Low-Level Drug Charges in California and Arizona
Examines the characteristics of California and Arizona offenders who ultimately ended up in prison on low-level drug charges.
Jun 7, 2005
Draft
Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscal Year 2003-2004 Report
This report contains a summary of the fiscal year 2003-2004 (FY 03-04) findings reported to the Board of Corrections (BOC), as well as additional program information gathered by Los Angeles County Probation based on its oversight and monitoring of program implementation and outcomes.
May 25, 2005
Journal Article
Evaluating an Experimental Intensive Juvenile Probation Program: Supervision and Official Outcomes
The authors report results of a randomized experiment used to evaluate Ventura County's 4-year demonstration project called the SOCP.
2005
Journal Article
How Criminal System Racial Disparities May Translate Into Health Disparities
Disadvantaged racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. are strikingly over-represented in the juvenile justice and adult criminal justice systems.
2005
Draft
Homicide in San Diego: A Case Study Analysis
Dec 21, 2004
Draft
Evaluation of the Impact of Seattle's DWLS Vehicle Impound Law
Dec 21, 2004
Report
Oregon’s Measure 11 Sentencing Reform: Implementation and System Impact
The impacts of Measure 11 on crime and its prosecution in Oregon.
Dec 13, 2004
Report
Statewide Evaluation of the CYSA/TANF Program: Final Report
This report presents implementation and outcomes of California's CYSA/TANF Probation program statewide and in selected counties
2003
Report
Evaluation of the South Oxnard Challenge Project, 1997-2001
RAND Criminal Justice conducted a randomized experimental evaluation of the South Oxnard Challenge Project (SOCP), a collaborative project between county, city and private non-profit agencies based on the Corrections of Place (COP) model.
2002
Report
South Oxnard Challenge Project: Report of What Works
RAND Criminal Justice conducted a randomized experimental evaluation of the South Oxnard Challenge Project (SOCP).
2002
Journal Article
A Decade of Drug Treatment Court Research
This article explores the decade of drug treatment court research conducted at RAND.
2002
Journal Article
Elements of Well-Being Affected by Criminalizing the Drug User
The authors examine the possible adverse consequences of incarceration on drug offenders, their families, and their communities.
2002
Report
The First Malaysian Family Life Survey: Codebook for the Individual-Level Dataset
Contains a codebook for one of the second-generation datasets derived from the Malaysian Family Life Survey.
1996
Report
The Malaysian Family Life Survey: Appendix E: Master Codebook
This report contains the entire (master) codebook for the Malaysian Family Life Survey.
1982
Report
Three Methods for Processing Life-History Data
Compares a commercially available package (SIR), a custom-written program (RETRO), and custom programming by a resident professional as alternative ways to manipulate and analyze life-history data.
1980