Andrew R. Morral

Overview

Commentary

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  COVID-19 Reveals Need for More Research About Guns

  Recent reports suggest that Americans reacted to the pandemic by purchasing guns and ammunition in massive numbers. What does this mean for public safety? And how can policymakers ensure that this doesn't result in more injuries or deaths?

  Jun 18, 2020 USA Today

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  'Stand Your Ground' Laws May Be Causing More Harm Than Good

  Americans have debated whether “stand your ground” laws or gun-free zones make us safer or less safe for decades. These are debates about factual matters that are, in principle, knowable. Without research on these and other topics, bad laws will inadvertently be passed or retained.

  Sep 12, 2019 Orlando Sentinel

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  How to Bring Facts into the Gun Policy Debate

  As debate continues to rage over the causes and prevention of gun violence, it's worth asking how science can help lawmakers and the public resolve longstanding disagreements that have stood in the way of solutions.

  Mar 9, 2018 USA Today

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  Improving DHS Accountability for Acquisitions

  While management at the Department of Homeland Security progressed in many areas during the past decade, there is still plenty of room for growth and improvement, especially in the area of acquisition management.

  Apr 22, 2014 The RAND Blog

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  Investing in Firefighting

  While the U.S. Forest Service has not completely agreed with RAND's proposal to transition to a fleet dominated by water-dropping scooper aircraft for fighting fires, they have leased one CL-415 scooper aircraft. It might be more cost-effective for the USFS to simply purchase it outright.

  Dec 30, 2013 The Orange County Register

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  Is Enforcement Key to Fixing America's Immigration System?

  The current debate regarding comprehensive immigration reform offers an opportunity to redesign the worksite immigration enforcement system to achieve more efficient enforcement with better intelligence on where undocumented workers are employed, say Andrew Morral and Peter Brownell.

  Feb 15, 2013 CNN

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  Firearms and Gun Control: Many Questions, Some Answers

  President Obama's task force on gun violence has raised the stakes in the policy debate on gun control and policy in the wake of the recent shootings in Colorado and Connecticut. Some of RAND's top researchers share what is, and what isn't, known about firearms and gun control.

  Jan 17, 2013 The RAND Blog

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  Focus on the Worst Ex-Cons and Boost Community-Based Rehab

  Focus on the Worst Ex-Cons and Boost Community-Based Rehab in Riverside Press-Enterprise

  May 27, 2007 Riverside Press-Enterprise

Publications

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  Development of the RAND State Firearm Law Database and Supporting Materials

  Part of RAND's Gun Policy in America initiative, the RAND State Firearm Law Database is a longitudinal data set of state firearm laws that is free to the public to support improved analysis and understanding of the effects of various laws.

  Sep 17, 2020

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  Changes in Firearm Mortality Following the Implementation of State Laws Regulating Firearm Access and Use

  Laws that regulate children's access to firearms, the carrying of a concealed firearm, and the use of a firearm in self-defense, are associated with an 11% decrease in the firearms-related death rate.

  Jun 26, 2020

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  The Science of Gun Policy: A Critical Synthesis of Research Evidence on the Effects of Gun Policies in the United States, Second Edition

  This report, the second edition of an earlier work, synthesizes the available scientific evidence for the effects of various firearm policies on firearm deaths, violent crime, the gun industry, defensive gun use, and other outcomes.

  Apr 22, 2020

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  State-Level Estimates of Household Firearm Ownership

  As part of the Gun Policy in America initiative, researchers developed annual, state-level estimates of household firearm ownership from 1980 to 2016, which should help further research on the relationship between firearm ownership and key outcomes.

  Apr 22, 2020

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  Comparing the Army's Suicide Rate to the General U.S. Population: Identifying Suitable Characteristics, Data Sources, and Analytic Approaches

  Researchers investigate how accounting for demographic factors beyond age and gender (race/ethnicity, time, marital status, and educational attainment) affects suicide rate differences between soldiers and the general U.S. population.

  Mar 10, 2020

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  Testimony

  Scientific Evidence on the Effects of State Gun Laws

  Testimony presented before the Pennsylvania State Senate Judiciary Committee on September 25, 2019.

  Sep 25, 2019

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  Development of a Short Form Measure of Sexual Harassment Risk in the Military: Findings from the RAND Military Workplace Study

  RAND has developed a short version of a survey that investigates sexual harassment in the military. The original RAND survey contained up to 52 questions. This report discusses the accuracy of a five-question version of the longer survey.

  Sep 12, 2019

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  Testimony

  Reducing Disagreements on Gun Policy Through Scientific Research and an Improved Data Infrastructure

  Testimony presented before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies on March 7, 2019.

  Mar 7, 2019

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  Evaluating Methods to Estimate the Effect of State Laws on Firearm Deaths: A Simulation Study

  As part of the RAND Corporation's Gun Policy in America initiative, the authors use simulations to assess the performance of a wide range of statistical models used to estimate the effects of state gun policies on firearm deaths.

  Dec 10, 2018

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  Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Volume 5. Estimates for Installation- and Command-Level Risk of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study

  This volume presents survey estimates of how risk of sexual assault and sexual harassment varies across military installations and major commands using data from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study.

  Sep 21, 2018

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  Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Annex to Volume 5. Tabular Results from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study for Installation- and Command-Level Risk of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment

  This Annex to Volume 5 presents survey estimates of how risk of sexual assault and sexual harassment varies across military installations and major commands using data from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study.

  Sep 21, 2018

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  The Magnitude and Sources of Disagreement Among Gun Policy Experts

  This report, part of RAND's Gun Policy in America initiative, describes results from a survey of gun policy experts to identify where there are shared or divergent beliefs about gun policies and where disagreements concern facts rather than values.

  Mar 2, 2018

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  The Science of Gun Policy: A Critical Synthesis of Research Evidence on the Effects of Gun Policies in the United States

  This report synthesizes the available scientific evidence on the effects of various firearm policies on firearm deaths, violent crime, the gun industry, participation in hunting and sport shooting, and other outcomes.

  Mar 2, 2018

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  The Justice Innovation Center: Identifying the Needs and Challenges of Criminal Justice Agencies in Small, Rural, Tribal, and Border Areas

  The Justice Innovation Center provides information on technology needs, priorities, and solutions for small, rural, tribal, and border criminal justice agencies. This report summarizes the center's first year of efforts.

  Nov 16, 2016

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  Evaluating Methods and Findings from a Study of State Gun Policies

  A RAND study team reviewed an article on the effects of state firearm laws and found problems in its methods and findings. This report provides an account of the errors detected and statistical support for the study team's conclusions.

  Jul 14, 2016

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  Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Volume 2. Estimates for Department of Defense Service Members from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study

  This volume presents survey results for the DoD active and reserve components from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study, an independent assessment of the rates of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the U.S. military.

  Apr 15, 2016

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  Research Brief

  Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Evaluating Estimates from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study

  This research brief describes the methodological review of sources of potential bias in the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study, an independent assessment of the rates of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military.

  Apr 7, 2016

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  Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Volume 4. Investigations of Potential Bias in Estimates from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study

  This volume presents the results of methodological investigations into sources of potential bias in the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study, an independent assessment of the rates of sexual assault and sexual harassment in the U.S. military.

  Mar 16, 2016

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  Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Annex to Volume 3. Tabular Results from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study for Coast Guard Service Members

  This Annex to Volume 3 contains detailed tabular results from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study on sexual assault and sexual harassment experiences of members of the U.S. Coast Guard active component.

  May 27, 2015

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  Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Volume 3. Estimates for Coast Guard Service Members from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study

  This volume presents survey results from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study on the sexual assault and sexual harassment experiences of members of the U.S. Coast Guard and the Coast Guard Reserve.

  May 27, 2015

• Research Brief

  Research Brief

  Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Highlights from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study

  This brief presents major conclusions for Department of Defense service members from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study, an independent assessment of the rates of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the U.S. military.

  May 1, 2015

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  Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Annex to Volume 2. Tabular Results from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study for Department of Defense Service Members

  Annex to Volume 2 contains detailed tabular results for the DoD active component from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study, an independent assessment of the rates of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the U.S. military.

  May 1, 2015

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  Toolkit for Weighting and Analysis of Nonequivalent Groups: A Tutorial for the R TWANG Package

  This tutorial describes the use of the TWANG package in R to estimate propensity score weights when there are two treatment groups, and how to use TWANG to estimate nonresponse weights.

  Feb 6, 2015

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  Multimedia

  This video presents initial top-line estimates from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study, an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military.

  Dec 4, 2014

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  Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Top-Line Estimates for Active-Duty Coast Guard Members from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study

  This report provides initial top-line active-duty Coast Guard estimates from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study, an assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military.

  Dec 4, 2014

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  Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Volume 1. Design of the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study

  This volume documents the methodology used in the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study, an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the U.S. military.

  Dec 4, 2014

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  Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military: Top-Line Estimates for Active-Duty Service Members from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study

  This report provides initial top-line estimates from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study, an independent assessment of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and gender discrimination in the military.

  Dec 4, 2014

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  Police Department Investments in Information Technology Systems: Challenges Assessing Their Payoff

  As police departments and other public service providers manage reduced budgets, RAND researchers explored the rationale and evidence supporting the idea that IT investments can increase efficiency in policing, and do so cost-effectively.

  Sep 25, 2014

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  Effective Policing for 21st-Century Israel: Dual English and Hebrew edition

  This report (available in both English and Hebrew) describes a study to address how the Israel Police might institute changes enabling it to better serve the needs of modern Israel.

  May 2, 2014

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  An Assessment of Program Sustainability in Three Bureau of Justice Assistance Criminal Justice Domains

  Some Bureau of Justice Assistance programs sustain operations or funding after initial funding ends. This report outlines strategies for helping programs sustain themselves and recommends a plan for ongoing measurement of sustainability.

  Apr 21, 2014

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  Reducing the Cost and Risk of Major Acquisitions at the Department of Homeland Security

  This paper is intended to help improve Department of Homeland Security acquisition management and oversight by providing a common problem definition, conceptual framework, and recommendations to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

  Feb 28, 2013

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  Modeling Terrorism Risk to the Air Transportation System: An Independent Assessment of TSA's Risk Management Analysis Tool and Associated Methods

  RAND evaluated a terrorism risk modeling tool developed by the Transportation Security Administration and Boeing to help guide program planning for aviation security.

  Nov 26, 2012

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  Efficient Aviation Security: Strengthening the Analytic Foundation for Making Air Transportation Security Decisions

  Presents a set of analyses intended to help fill some of the current gaps in analysis of the costs, benefits, and efficiency of aviation security measures and strategies in the face of uncertainty.

  Aug 21, 2012

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  Air Attack Against Wildfires: Understanding U.S. Forest Service Requirements for Large Aircraft

  A RAND study sought to help the U.S. Forest Service determine the composition of a fleet of airtankers, scoopers, and helicopters that would minimize the total social costs of wildfires, including the cost of large fires and aircraft costs.

  Jul 30, 2012

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  Research Brief

  Identifying a Cost-Effective Aviation Fleet for the U.S. Forest Service

  This brief provides an overview of a RAND study to support the U.S. Forest Service in determining the composition of a fleet of airtankers, scoopers, and helicopters that would minimize the total social costs of wildfires.

  Jul 30, 2012

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  The Effectiveness of Community-Based Delivery of an Evidence-Based Treatment for Adolescent Substance Use

  This study evaluates the effectiveness of motivational enhancement therapy/cognitive behavioral therapy–5 (MET/CBT-5) when delivered in community practice settings relative to standard community-based adolescent treatment.

  2012

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  Measuring Illegal Border Crossing Between Ports of Entry: An Assessment of Four Promising Methods

  Compelling methods for estimating the total flow of illicit U.S. border crossings do not yet exist. This paper describes four innovative and promising approaches to estimating the total flow of illicit border crossings between ports of entry.

  Mar 18, 2011

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  Associations Between Abstinence in Adolescence and Economic and Educational Outcomes Seven Years Later Among High-Risk Youth

  This study found that abstinence from all substance use for 12 months among a sample of 13-17 year olds was associated with positive long-term educational and economic outcomes relative to use of any substance.

  2011

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  Using a Cross-Study Design to Assess the Efficacy of Motivational Enhancement Therapy-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 5 (MET/CBT5) in Treating Adolescents with Cannabis-Related Disorders

  Youth with marijuana problems who received a research-based treatment (motivational enhancement therapy plus cognitive behavioral therapy [MET/CBT5]) had better outcomes than similar youth treated in community-based programs.

  2011

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  Journal Article

  Before Disaster Strikes: Imperatives for Enhancing Defense Support of Civil Authorities

  The report of the "Advisory Panel on Department of Defense Capabilities for Support of Civil Authorities After Certain Incidents" provides more than 40 recommendations about how the nation can overcome obstacles that complicate the nation's ability to respond effectively to CBRNE incidents.

  Sep 1, 2010

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  Journal Article

  Long-term Effect of Community-Based Treatment: Evidence from the Adolescent Outcomes Project

  A growing literature on adolescent drug treatment interventions demonstrates the efficacy of research therapies, but few rigorous studies examine the effectiveness of community-based treatments that are more commonly available to and utilized by youths and their families, the criminal justice system and other referring agencies. This study evaluates the effects 72-102 months after intake to a widely disseminated community-based treatment model, residential therapeutic community treatment, using data from RAND's Adolescent Outcomes Project.

  Feb 1, 2010

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  Journal Article

  How Perceptions of Mortality and HIV Morbidity Relate to Substance Abuse Problems and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Former Juvenile Offenders

  Youth who think they are likely to get HIV are at greater risk for later substance abuse problems and risky sexual behaviors, but this perception doesn't cause them to reduce their substance use and change their behavior.

  2010

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  Shaping Smoking Cessation in Hard-To-Treat Smokers

  Setting intermediate criteria between the present behavior and total abstinence can improve outcomes for hard to treat smokers.

  2010

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  Understanding the Role of Deterrence in Counterterrorism Security

  Deterrence -- a central feature of counterterrorism security systems -- is not well understood or measured. This paper offers a framework for understanding how security affects terrorist planning and for measuring these systems' deterrent value.

  Nov 30, 2009

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  Journal Article

  Seven-year Life Outcomes of Adolescent Offenders in Los Angeles

  The authors examined important life outcomes for adolescent offenders to describe how they were faring in young adulthood.

  2009

• Research Brief

  Research Brief

  Assessing the New York City Police Department Firearm Training and Firearm-Discharge Review Process

  This research brief summarizes the results of an assessment of the NYPD's firearm training and firearm-discharge review process, including a review of reflexive shootings, officers involved in shootings, and less-than-lethal force options.

  Jun 3, 2008

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  Evaluation of the New York City Police Department Firearm Training and Firearm-Discharge Review Process

  In January 2007, New York City Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly asked the RAND Corporation to examine his department's firearm training and firearm-discharge review. This monograph reports the authors' observations, findings, and recommendations.

  Jun 1, 2008

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  An Application of the Principal Stratification to Control for Institutionalization at Follow-Up in Studies of Substance Abuse Treatment Programs

  Participants in longitudinal studies on the effects of drug treatment and criminal justice system interventions are at high risk for institutionalization. Use of principal stratification to control for institutionalization at follow-up is evaluated.

  2008

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Inconsistencies in Self-Reported Drug Use by Adolescents in Substance Abuse Treatment: Implications for Outcome and Performance Measurements

  Inconsistencies in adolescent reporting of recent substance use are associated with program assignment and factors that influence treatment outcomes, including age at first use, living situation, race/ethnicity, and mental distress.

  2008

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  The Longitudinal Association Between Substance Use and Delinquency Among High-Risk Youth

  Over the past two decades, studies have provided evidence for the strong link between substance use (SU) and delinquency among adolescents.

  2008

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  A Prospective Investigation of Suicide Ideation, Attempts, and Use of Mental Health Service Among Adolescents in Substance Abuse Treatment

  This study examined suicide ideation, attempts, and subsequent mental health service among a sample of 948 youth from substance abuse treatment facilities across the United States.

  2008

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  Interpreting Treatment Effects When Cases Are Institutionalized After Treatment

  Develops a causal modeling framework for evaluating the standard approaches for addressing the confounding of the effects of ignoring institutionalization of drug treatment clients and other effects, and illustrates the results of each approach.

  Sep 11, 2007

• Research Brief

  Research Brief

  Using Outcomes to Assess Teen Substance-Use Treatment Programs—How Feasible?

  This study explored using outcome data to assess adolescent substance abuse treatment program performance. However, this approach may be problematic. A more promising approach may be to identify quality-of-care indicators for assessing performance.

  Jul 11, 2007

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Interpreting Treatment Effects When Cases Are Institutionalized After Treatment

  The authors discuss the implications of our analysis for longitudinal studies of all populations at high risk for institutionalization.

  Jul 1, 2007

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Contingencies for Change in Complacent Smokers

  The majority of smokers have no plans to quit in the near future.

  2007

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  The Efficacy of the Rio Hondo DUI Court: A 2-Year Field Experiment

  This study reports results from an evaluation of the experimental Rio Hondo driving under the influence (DUI) court of Los Angeles County, California.

  2007

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Smoking Rates Among Adolescents in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs

  Substance abuse treatment programs often do not target smoking, despite its long-term health risks

  2007

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  The Relative Effectiveness of 10 Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in the United States

  Reports results of interviews of youths treated in 11 adolescent programs that had been identified as having suggestive evidence of effectiveness, to learn whether they had better outcomes than they would have had at other facilities.

  May 15, 2006

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  Journal Article

  Acculturation and Driving Under the Influence: A Study of Repeat Offenders

  Acculturation may be a risk factor for repeat DUI convictions.

  2006

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  Acculturation and Driving Under the Influence: A Study of Repeat Offenders

  Finds that among a sample of Hispanic drivers in California with repeat driving under the influence (DUI) offenses, the less-acculturated members were more likely to report a repeat DUI conviction at two-year follow-up than more-acculturated ones.

  Jan 1, 2006

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Is the Drug Court Model Exportable? The Cost-Effectiveness of a Driving-Under-The-Influence Court

  The authors assessed the cost-effectiveness of the Rio Hondo driving-under-the-influence (DUI) court.

  2006

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Marijuana Use and Depression Among Adults: Testing for Causal Associations

  Past-year marijuana use does not significantly predict later development of depression.

  2006

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Perspectives on Therapeutic Treatment from Adolescent Probationers

  Little is known about youths' experiences in residential adolescent treatment programs.

  2006

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Predicting DUI Recidivism: Personality, Attitudinal, and Behavioral Risk Factors

  To predict DUI recidivism using personality, attitudinal, and behavioral factors.

  2006

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Reducing Substance Use Improves Adolescents' School Attendance

  Substance use initiation and frequency are associated with reduced educational attainments among adolescents. Reductions in the frequency of alcohol, stimulants and other drug use and the elimination of marijuana use were each associated independently with increased likelihoods of school attendance.

  2006

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  Estimating Terrorism Risk

  This monograph provides a practical definition of terrorism risk, presents a method of estimating it, and demonstrates a framework for evaluating this method. Results support conclusions on how to improve risk-based resource allocation.

  Oct 12, 2005

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  Drink-Driving and DUI Recidivists' Attitudes and Beliefs: A Longitudinal Analysis

  Interviews with those convicted of diving under the influence show that significant protective effects are associated with the beliefs that driving after drinking is immoral and that random police sobriety checks are a good idea.

  2005

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Dynamic Effects Among Patients' Treatment Needs, Beliefs, and Utilization: A Prospective Study of Adolescents in Drug Treatment

  To document the relationships among substance use problems, utilization of drug treatment, and beliefs thought to increase treatment utilization.

  2005

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Shaping Reduced Smoking in Smokers Without Cessation Plans

  Most smokers do not plan to quit in the next 6 months.

  2005

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Effectiveness of Community-Based Treatment for Substance-Abusing Adolescents: 12-Month Outcomes of Youths Entering Phoenix Academy or Alternative Probation Dispositions

  Compares the 12-month outcomes of adolescent probationers who received Phoenix Academy, a therapeutic community for adolescents that uses a treatment model that is widely implemented across the U.S., or an alternative probation disposition.

  2004

• Research Brief

  Research Brief

  Evaluating Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Adolescent Probationers

  In this study, RAND researchers found that one substance abuse treatment program helped young probationers reduce substance abuse and improve their psychological functioning.

  2004

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  How Can Repeat Drunk Drivers Be Influenced to Change? Analysis of the Association Between Drunk Driving and DUI Recidivists' Attitudes and Belief

  Behavioral controls may protect against alcohol-impaired driving behavior even in a high-risk sample of repeat DUI offenders.

  2004

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Improving Contingency Management Programs for Addiction

  Contingency management interventions effectively reduce or eliminate some individuals' problem substance use.

  2004

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  Propensity Score Estimation with Boosted Regression for Evaluating Causal Effects in Observational Studies

  Propensity score weights estimated using boosting eliminate most pretreatment group differences and substantially alter the apparent relative effects of adolescent substance abuse treatment.

  2004

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Shaping Smoking Cessation Using Percentile Schedules

  Behavioral interventions that provide incentives contingent upon abstinence are effective addiction treatments.

  2004

• Journal Article

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  Adolescent Social Relationships and the Treatment Process: Findings from Quantitative and Qualitative Analyses

  Juvenile justice systems increasingly rely on placement of substance-involved adolescents in residential group homes.

  2003

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  An Evaluation of Substance Abuse Treatment Services for Juvenile Probationers at Phoenix Academy of Los Angeles

  Established in 1987, the program model, called Phoenix Academy, is a modified therapeutic community for adolescents that integrates an on-site public school into the treatment milieu. The model employs the view that substance abuse is the outward manifestation of a broad set of personal and developmental problems.

  2003

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  Journal Article

  An Evaluation of Substance Abuse Treatment Services for Juvenile Probationers at Phoenix Academy of Los Angeles

  In this chapter the authors describe the Phoenix Academy program.

  2003

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  The Influence of Partner Drug Use and Relationship Power on Treatment Engagement

  Relationship power dynamics may be important influences on the treatment process, and dimensions of power may interact with partner drug use status.

  2003

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Measurement of Adolescent Drug Use

  There is widespread agreement that estimates of adolescent drug use prevalence from the NHSDA and MTF are subject to considerable measurement error.

  2003

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Mental Health and Medical Problems and Service Use Among Adolescent Substance Users

  More could be done to take advantage of the opportunity to link youths entering substance use treatment with mental health services.

  2003

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  Retention of Court-Referred Youth in Residential Treatment Programs: Client Characteristics and Treatment Process Effects

  The juvenile justice system relies heavily on residential treatment services for adolescents.

  2003

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Evidence Does Not Favor Marijuana Gateway Effects Over a Common-Factor Interpretation of Drug Use Initiation: Responses to Anthony, Kenkel, & Mathios and Lynskey

  Evaluation of prohibition policies should balance the known harms of legal access to marijuana against those associated with marijuana prohibition.

  Dec 1, 2002

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  A Decade of Drug Treatment Court Research

  This article explores the decade of drug treatment court research conducted at RAND.

  2002

• Journal Article

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  Phoenix Academy at Lake View Terrace, California: Clinical Manual and Program Description of an Adolescent Therapeutic Community

  2002

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Reassessing the Marijuana Gateway Effect

  The common-factor model has implications for evaluating marijuana control policies that differ significantly from those supported by the gateway model.

  2002

• Research Brief

  Research Brief

  Using Marijuana May Not Raise the Risk of Using Harder Drugs

  A recent analysis by RAND's Drug Policy Research Center (DPRC) suggests that data typically used to support a marijuana gateway effect can be explained as well by a different theory.

  2002

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  Drug Courts: A Conceptual Framework

  Drug Courts: A Conceptual Framework

  2001

• Journal Article

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  Technology Transfer Through Performance Management: The Effects of Graphical Feedback and Positive Reinforcement on Drug Treatment Counselors' Behavior

  Feedback and positive reinforcement could be used to improve technology transfer of behavioral interventions into community clinic settings.

  2001

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  Hardcore Drug Users Claim to be Occasional Users: Drug Use Frequency Underreporting

  This study examines the accuracy of 701 frequency self-reports made by a sample of methadone maintenance clients. Self-report accuracy is evaluated by comparing rates of positive urinalyses found for each case with rates that would be expected had drug use occurred only as often as reported.

  2000

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Identifying Methadone Maintenance Clients at Risk for Poor Treatment Response: Pretreatment and Early Progress Indicators

  Exhaustive searches have uncovered few demographic or other pretreatment factors that reliably predict performance in substance abuse treatment.

  1999

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Reducing Drug Use by Encouraging Alternative Behaviors

  Abstaining from illicit drugs deprives chronic drug users of powerfully reinforcing events.

  1999

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Influence of Emotional Engagement and Habituation on Exposure Therapy for PTSD

  This study examined 2 process variables, emotional engagement and habituation, and outcome of exposure therapy for posttraumatic stress disorder.

  1998

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  MMPI Profiles of Opiate Addicts: Predicting Response to Treatment

  Although many studies document the use of the MMPI to classify opiate users, the predictive validity of the resulting subgroups is rarely reported.

  1998

• Journal Article

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  Assessing the Helping Alliance and Its Impact in the Treatment of Opiate Dependence

  This study assesses the relationship between the patient-counselor helping alliance (HA) and progress in methadone maintenance treatment.

  1997

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Natural Classes of Treatment Response

  This study examines an approach to identifying patterns of treatment response over time.

  1997

• Journal Article

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  Reinforcing Operants Other Than Abstinence in Drug Abuse Treatment: An Effective Alternative for Reducing Drug Use

  These effects were maintained with a trend toward continuing improvement for the TP groups even after contingencies were discontinued.

  1997

• Journal Article

  Journal Article

  Contingent Reinforcement of Group Participation Versus Abstinence in a Methadone Maintenance Program

  Effectiveness of 2 types of contingency management interventions on reducing unauthorized drug use among methadone maintenance patients.

  1996

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  Reducing Disagreements on Gun Policy Through Scientific Research and an Improved Data Infrastructure

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  Call with the Experts: A Review of Top-Line Findings from the 2014 RAND Military Workplace Study

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  Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment in the U.S. Military

  Dec 3, 2014