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Adolescent Health
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Fake Convenience Store, Real Implications for Youth Smoking
Mar 3, 2016
In a simulated convenience store, hiding the can't-miss display of tobacco products behind the cashier decreased kids' intention to smoke in the future.
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Neighborhood Influences On Health
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The Surprising Ways That a Supermarket Changed a Food Desert
Feb 24, 2016
The arrival of a new grocery store in a 'food desert' neighborhood delivered some obvious health benefits. But the benefits had nothing to do with whether the residents shopped there.
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Emerging Technologies
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How Will Technology Change Criminal Justice?
Jan 7, 2016
In perhaps no other field does society have as direct a stake in getting technology right as in policing. How will technology change the work that law enforcement agencies do and the communities they serve?
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Prisoner Reentry
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The Case for Correctional Education in U.S. Prisons
Jan 3, 2016
Inmates who participate in any kind of educational program behind bars are up to 43 percent less likely to reoffend and return to prison. They also appear to be far more likely to find a job after their release.
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Military Veterans
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Warriors in the Civilian Workforce: Helping Veterans Transition
Oct 28, 2015
Americans who served during the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq continue to face higher jobless rates than nonveterans. A growing body of RAND research has sought to identify what can help get more of them back on the job.
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Suicide
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Helping the Most Vulnerable: Q&A with Rajeev Ramchand
Oct 26, 2015
Rajeev Ramchand discusses drug abuse, suicide, and how research can make a difference for society's most vulnerable.
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Substance Abuse
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Opioid Rising: How to Stop the World's Growing Heroin Crisis
Oct 20, 2015
RAND research offers strategies to save thousands of lives around the world from opioids, such as heroin and prescription painkillers.
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United States
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Interdependence Day: Contending with a New Global Order
Aug 21, 2015
A team of RAND experts took a sober look at the threats facing the United States and developed a playbook of strategies to address them.
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Alzheimer's Disease and Dementias
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Struggling with Dementia
Aug 10, 2015
The costs of dementia are staggering. A recent RAND analysis quantifies the scope of the problem in the United States and serves as a wake-up call to policymakers everywhere.
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Diet and Eating Habits
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Putting Health to the (Taste) Test
Jul 1, 2015
Researchers teamed up with a dozen Los Angeles lunch trucks to test healthier menu items—chicken breasts and grilled fish alongside the usual tacos and hamburgers.
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Criminal Justice
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In the Interest of Justice
K. Jack Riley @K_Jack_Riley
Jun 26, 2015
As the line between criminal justice and national security continues to blur, K. Jack Riley offers three principles that can help young criminology practitioners and scholars.
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Low-intensity Conflict
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The Price of Peace
Jun 24, 2015
Groundbreaking analysis by a team of RAND economists and policy experts reveals how much Israelis and Palestinians stand to lose from the enduring conflict, and how much they could gain in peace.
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Terrorism
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Terrorism and Television: A Conversation with Howard Gordon
Jun 19, 2015
Television producer and writer Howard Gordon discusses 9/11, television's 24, and responsible entertainment.
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Developing Countries
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Reaching the 80 Percent: Q&A with Krishna Kumar
Jun 15, 2015
Krishna Kumar discusses studying agriculture in China, low-income housing in India, and labor markets in Bangladesh, and how research can help the developing world.
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Iran
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Nuclear Negotiations with Iran: Looking Ahead
May 4, 2015
As world leaders work to piece together a nuclear deal with Iran, RAND experts asked, What would change on the day after a final deal? Their analysis helps clarify what a nuclear deal would mean for the United States, the region, and the world.
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