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Assessing the Harms of Crime: A New Framework for Criminal Policy

Assessing the Harms of Crime provides a firm analytical foundation for making normative decisions about criminal and related policy, taking harm—and its reduction—as a conceptual starting point and supplying the means for systematic, empirical analysis in a harm assessment framework.

Jun 29, 2022

Victoria A. Greenfield, Letizia Paoli
Journal Article

Linking State Health Care Data to Inform Policymaking: Opportunities and Challenges

This report provides additional detail on the objectives of and use cases for APCDs, the current APCD landscape, and implementation challenges that constrain the use of APCDs for some valuable applications.

Jun 29, 2022

Katherine Grace Carman, Michael Dworsky, Sara E. Heins, Nabeel Qureshi, Daniel Schwam, Shoshana R. Shelton, Christopher M. Whaley
Tool

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.

Jun 28, 2022

Samantha Cherney, Andrew R. Morral, Terry L. Schell, Sierra Smucker, Emily Hoch
Report

Planning for Significant Cyber Incidents: An Introduction for Decisionmakers

This report describes contingency planning for a significant cyber incident, focusing on the importance of planning, the process of developing a plan, and options for operationalizing it. It summarizes a companion how-to guide by the same authors.

Jun 27, 2022

Brodi Kotila, Quentin E. Hodgson, Benjamin Boudreaux, Ian Mitch, Aaron Clark-Ginsberg, Sale Lilly, Kristin J. Leuschner, Tom Wingfield
Tool

Mid-Atlantic Regional Climate Impacts Summary and Outlook: Spring 2022

This climate summary aims to inform Mid-Atlantic policymakers and practitioners about spring 2022, regional climate trends, and the upcoming summer season. A tool shows an analysis of future projected changes in total monthly precipitation, compared to two baseline periods.

Jun 27, 2022

Krista Romita Grocholski, Michelle E. Miro, Jessica Spaccio, Samantha Borisoff, Lena Easton-Calabria, Arthur T. DeGaetano
Journal Article

A Tutorial Comparing Different Covariate Balancing Methods with an Application Evaluating the Causal Effects of Substance Use Treatment Programs for Adolescents

A state-of-the-art tutorial on how best to implement propensity score weighting analyses.

Jun 24, 2022

Andreas Markoulidakis, Khadijeh Taiyari, Peter Holmans, Philip Pallmann, Monica Busse-Morris, Mark D. Godley, Beth Ann Griffin
Journal Article

Higher Moments for Optimal Balance Weighting in Causal Estimation

We explore the potential benefit of using higher-order moments in the balancing conditions for covariate-balancing propensity scores and entropy balance.

Jun 24, 2022

Melody Huang, Brian G. Vegetabile, Lane F. Burgette, Claude Messan Setodji, Beth Ann Griffin
Journal Article

Volunteer Recovery Support for Adolescents: Using Propensity Score Based Methods to Understand Dosage Effects Within a Randomized Controlled Trial

The study used statistical methods designed to approximate RCTs when comparing more than two nonequivalent groups that include an assessment of the potential impact of omitted variables in order to address potential dosage effects for a commonly used evidence based substance use treatment program for adolescents.

Jun 24, 2022

Mark D. Godley, Lora L. Passetti, Brooke D. Hunter, Beth Ann Griffin
Journal Article

Development of Future Scenarios for Sustainable Pesticide Use and Achievement of Pesticide-Use and Risk-Reduction Targets Announced in the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies by 2030

We conducted an evidence review of academic and grey literature and legal and regulatory documents to identify the key factors driving pesticide use in the EU. A PESTLE framework was used to structure the approach and identify potential factors across different influence areas.

Jun 24, 2022

Carolina Feijao, Camilla d'Angelo, Isabel Flanagan, Beatriz Abellan, Emily Ryen Gloinson, Elta Smith, Daniel Traon, Daniel Gehrt, Harriet Teare, Fay Dunkerley
Journal Article

Development of Future Scenarios for Sustainable Pesticide Use and Achievement of Pesticide-Use and Risk-Reduction Targets Announced in the Farm to Fork and Biodiversity Strategies by 2030: Executive Summary

We conducted an evidence review of academic and grey literature and legal and regulatory documents to identify the key factors driving pesticide use in the EU. A PESTLE framework was used to structure the approach and identify potential factors across different influence areas.

Jun 24, 2022

Carolina Feijao, Camilla d'Angelo, Isabel Flanagan, Beatriz Abellan, Emily Ryen Gloinson, Elta Smith, Daniel Traon, Daniel Gehrt, Harriet Teare, Fay Dunkerley
Journal Article

Trends in Missing Race and Ethnicity Information After Imputation in HealthCare.gov Marketplace Enrollment Data, 2015–2021

More than 30% of HealthCare.gov enrollees do not report race and ethnicity. We used modified Bayesian Improved First Name Surname geocoding imputations to describe enrollment data and assess patterns of missing enrollee race and ethnicity.

Jun 24, 2022

D. Keith Branham, Kenneth Finegold, Lucy Chen, Melony E. Sorbero, Roald Euller, Marc N. Elliott, Benjamin D. Sommers
Testimony

Giving Drug Policy Decisionmakers the Data They Need

Testimony submitted to the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control on June 22, 2022.

Jun 24, 2022

Bryce Pardo, Beau Kilmer
Journal Article

The Financial Ecosystem of Pharmaceutical R&D: An Evidence Base to Inform Further Dialogue

This study's overarching conclusion is that a drug's expected financial return ultimately determines whether it is developed up to launch.

Jun 24, 2022

Antony Kalindjian, Leah Ralph, Simon Middleton, Sarah Parkinson, William D. Phillips, Robert J. Romanelli, Samiha Alom, Daniela Rodriguez-Rincon, Sonja Marjanovic, Michiel Slag, Saskia van der Erf
Report

Streamlining Emergency Management: Issues, Impacts, and Options for Improvement

Researchers sought ways to streamline, simplify, and strengthen the U.S. emergency management system, assessing how overlap, duplication, and fragmentation could affect implementation and outcomes. They propose options and discuss trade-offs of each.

Jun 24, 2022

Jason Thomas Barnosky, Andrew Lauland, Michelle E. Miro, Jay Balagna, Liisa Ecola, Soo Kim, Chelsea Kolb, Kristin J. Leuschner, Ian Mitch, Andrew M. Parker, Leslie Adrienne Payne, Carter C. Price, Tucker Reese, Liam Regan, Susan A. Resetar, Christopher M. Schnaubelt, Rachel Steratore, Karen M. Sudkamp
Report

Russian Military Forecasting and Analysis: The Military-Political Situation and Military Potential in Strategic Planning

In this report, the authors draw on a framework developed by the Russian military science community to gain insight into the likelihood and character of future war and the correlation of military potential between Russia and potential adversaries.

Jun 23, 2022

Clint Reach, Alyssa Demus, Eugeniu Han, Bilyana Lilly, Krystyna Marcinek, Yuliya Shokh
Report

Imputation of Race and Ethnicity in Health Insurance Marketplace Enrollment Data, 2015–2022 Open Enrollment Periods

This report presents the results of imputing race and ethnicity for HealthCare.gov Marketplace enrollees from 2015 through 2022 with an approach that uses surnames, first names, and residential addresses to estimate race and ethnicity.

Jun 23, 2022

Melony E. Sorbero, Roald Euller, Aaron Kofner, Marc N. Elliott
Journal Article

Sleep Disturbances, Changes in Sleep, and Cognitive Function in Low-Income African Americans

In a predominantly African-American sample of older adults, worsening of sleep efficiency was associated with poorer cognitive function. Improving sleep health may support Alzheimer's prevention and reduce health disparities.

Jun 23, 2022

Wendy M. Troxel, Ann C. Haas, Tamara Dubowitz, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Meryl Butters, Tiffany L. Gary-Webb, Andrea M. Weinstein, Andrea L. Russo
Journal Article

Implementation of South Africa's Central Chronic Medicine Dispensing and Distribution Program for HIV Treatment: A Qualitative Evaluation

Participants had highly favorable attitudes about the Chronic Care and Medicine Dispensing and Distribution (CCMDD) program for HIV treatment. Patient-level barriers to care included inadequate education about CCMDD and inability to get refills. Organizational-level barriers included challenges with communication and transportation, errors in medication packaging and tracking, rigid rules, and inadequate infrastructure.

Jun 23, 2022

Laura M. Bogart, Zinhle Shazi, Sarah MacCarthy, Alexandra Mendoza-Graf, Nafisa J. Wara, Dani Zionts, Nduduzo Dube, Sabina Govere, Ingrid V. Bassett
Report

Determining the Military Capabilities Most Needed to Counter China and Russia: A Strategy-Driven Approach

Decisionmakers must make wise choices for investing scarce military resources into capabilities that have the greatest potential to thwart adversaries' designs against the United States. This Perspective offers a blueprint for doing that.

Jun 22, 2022

David A. Ochmanek
Research Brief

Contributions to Research on Automated Writing Scoring and Feedback Systems

This brief summarizes research by experts at the RAND Corporation and the University of Pittsburgh to advance automated writing scoring and feedback systems for elementary school student writers.

Jun 22, 2022

Elaine Lin Wang, Richard Correnti, Lindsay Clare Matsumura, Diane Litman, Zahra Rahimi, Zahid Kisa, Haoran Zhang, Ahmed Magooda, Emily Howe, Rafael Quintana

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