Corrections

Media Literacy
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China-Pakistan Partnership, Media Literacy, Incarcerated Parents: RAND Weekly Recap
Sep 24, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on the China-Pakistan partnership in light of the Taliban's rise to power, media literacy education, parenting from prison, and more.
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Incarceration
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Mass Incarceration and Parenting from Prison: Q&A with Dionne Barnes-Proby, Celia Gomez, and Monica Williams
Dionne Barnes-Proby @BarnesProby, Celia J. Gomez, Monica Williams, Michael D. Rich @michaeldrich
Sep 9, 2021
One in 10 Black children in the United States has an incarcerated parent. RAND experts are assessing what could be done to better support these parents and, in turn, improve the well-being of their children and families.
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Criminal Justice
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Criminal Justice in the Pandemic Era and Beyond
Sep 7, 2021
The pandemic forced the entire criminal justice system to adapt and innovate in ways it never had before. How can the lessons of COVID-19 improve the future of criminal justice?
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Prison Reform
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Defunding Prisons, Preventing Cyberattacks, Promoting COVID-19 Vaccinations: RAND Weekly Recap
Aug 13, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on defunding prisons, how to deter ransomware attacks, overcoming barriers to COVID-19 vaccination, and more.
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Prison Reform
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Defund Prisons, Not Police
Shawn D. Bushway, Nidhi Kalra
Aug 9, 2021
Los Angeles Times
The United States spends billions on prisons, jails, and juvenile detention facilities. New lows in incarceration rates present a chance to shift resources away from costly correctional facilities and toward education, job training, transportation, and other community services.
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Prison Reform
commentary
Investing in Social Change: Lessons Learned from Foundation-Funded Criminal Justice Research
Stephanie Brooks Holliday
Jul 20, 2021
The RAND Blog
Investing in policy-focused research can be among the ways foundations catalyze change. Impactful work may involve strong collaborations across funders, researchers, and community partners. And it may require flexibility in design and execution as well as a commitment to getting the findings into the hands of decisionmakers who can use the findings to create change.
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Racial Equity
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How RAND Applies an Equity Lens to Research and Analysis
Jul 7, 2021
RAND recognizes that serving the public good requires tackling the factors that contribute to inequities head-on. Current projects focus on such issues as environmental racism, mass incarceration, and anti-Asian violence.
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
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Pandemic-Era Parties, China's Global Influence, Reducing Infant Mortality: RAND Weekly Recap
Jul 2, 2021
This weekly recap focuses on assessing the risk of small gatherings during the pandemic, China's ability to exert influence around the world, using big data to reduce infant mortality, and more.
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Military Veterans
commentary
How Better Support Can Be Provided to Ex–Service Personnel in the Criminal Justice System
Sarah Grand-Clement
Nov 30, 2020
Policing Insight
Former armed forces personnel make up the UK's largest group of male prisoners by occupation. What can police and government do to provide targeted support in the criminal justice system to those from a military background?
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Incarceration
commentary
Elevating Equity in Los Angeles Juvenile and Criminal Justice Reform
Margaret Chamberlin, Stephanie Brooks Holliday
Aug 12, 2020
The RAND Blog
At age 13, Black children are placed in juvenile detention at nearly 3.5 times the rate of white children. By age 17, that ratio increases to 4.5 to 1. And the trend continues into adulthood. Without ongoing attention and deliberate policies and programs, injustices are likely to persist.
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Incarceration
commentary
An Uncertain Future for Jail Reform in Los Angeles
Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Margaret Chamberlin, Sarah B. Hunter
Jul 21, 2020
The RAND Blog
There is momentum in Los Angeles County to do the difficult work of criminal justice reform. This will take considerable investments of time and resources, as well as a commitment to implementing new strategies and evaluating their effectiveness along the way.
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Health Disparities
commentary
Incarceration Rates: A Key Measure of Health in America
Carolyn E. Miller, Douglas Yeung @DouglasCYeung
Apr 3, 2020
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Culture of Health blog
There's widespread agreement that incarceration has adverse effects on health and health equity, not just for prisoners but also for families and communities. That's one important reason why incarceration in the United States needs to be reduced.
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Residential Housing
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Supportive Housing Can Help Keep People with Mental Illness Out of Jail
Feb 27, 2020
Hundreds of thousands of people with serious mental illnesses cycle in and out of American jails every year. In Los Angeles, some of them are getting diverted into a supportive housing program where they can get the treatment they need. And the results are promising.
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blog
State of the Union 2020: Insights from RAND
Feb 5, 2020
The final State of the Union address of President Trump's four-year term may be viewed through the lens of the unprecedented circumstances surrounding the evening. But the speech touched on a range of policy challenges that will remain, regardless of how politics play out in 2020.
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Iran
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Iran, Mental Health and Jail, Russia: RAND Weekly Recap
Jan 10, 2020
This weekly recap focuses on Iran and Iraq following the death of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani, supporting those experiencing mental illness in jails, Russia's hostile measures, and more.
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Suicide
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Veterans, Autonomous Vehicles, Digital Protests: RAND Weekly Recap
Nov 8, 2019
This weekly recap focuses on preventing veteran suicide, who's responsible when a car is hacked, how digital protests can affect Fortune 500 companies, and more.
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Afghanistan’s Refugee Crisis: Forty Years in the Making

The Policy Currents Podcast

Developing Strategies for Summer Learning

Improving Psychological Wellbeing and Work Outcomes in the UK

Helping Coastal Communities Plan for Climate Change

Getting to Know Military Caregivers and Their Needs

Corrections

China-Pakistan Partnership, Media Literacy, Incarcerated Parents: RAND Weekly Recap

Mass Incarceration and Parenting from Prison: Q&A with Dionne Barnes-Proby, Celia Gomez, and Monica Williams

Criminal Justice in the Pandemic Era and Beyond

Defunding Prisons, Preventing Cyberattacks, Promoting COVID-19 Vaccinations: RAND Weekly Recap

Defund Prisons, Not Police

Investing in Social Change: Lessons Learned from Foundation-Funded Criminal Justice Research

How RAND Applies an Equity Lens to Research and Analysis

Pandemic-Era Parties, China's Global Influence, Reducing Infant Mortality: RAND Weekly Recap

How Better Support Can Be Provided to Ex–Service Personnel in the Criminal Justice System

Elevating Equity in Los Angeles Juvenile and Criminal Justice Reform

An Uncertain Future for Jail Reform in Los Angeles

Incarceration Rates: A Key Measure of Health in America

Supportive Housing Can Help Keep People with Mental Illness Out of Jail

State of the Union 2020: Insights from RAND

Iran, Mental Health and Jail, Russia: RAND Weekly Recap

Veterans, Autonomous Vehicles, Digital Protests: RAND Weekly Recap

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