The Covid-19 Pandemic and Intimate Partner Violence Against Women in the EU
This study offers a preliminary overview of the measures undertaken across the EU to support victims of violence during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Publications on Crime and Justice
2021
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Crisis Response in a Changing Climate: Implications of Climate Change for UK Defence Logistics in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) and Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) Operations
Climate change is expected to have a significant impact on defence and security, acting as a threat multiplier and straining resources. Effective delivery of defence logistics within crisis response operations will require a coordinated approach among stakeholders with a focus on resilience building. With its strength in climate science, policy and technology, the UK should have a powerful voice in global climate change adaptation efforts.
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Findings from the national evaluation of Liaison and Diversion services in England
An outcome evaluation of the National Model for Liaison and Diversion scheme in England, which identifies and supports people in the criminal justice system with health issues and vulnerabilities, using a novel, large-scale linked data set.
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Mapping the Risk of Serious and Organised Crime Infiltrating Legitimate Businesses: Final Report
This report examines the infiltration of organized crime into legitimate European businesses, and its involvement in various illegal markets, including drugs and human trafficking.
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Mapping the Risk of Serious and Organised Crime Infiltrating Legitimate Businesses: Technical Annexes
This annex provides a description of the cross-cutting data-collection activities that were undertaken to address the research questions and the major outputs of the study.
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Outcome Evaluation of the National Model for Liaison and Diversion
An outcome evaluation of the National Model for Liaison and Diversion scheme in England, which identifies and supports people in the criminal justice system with health issues and vulnerabilities, using a novel, large-scale linked data set. This evaluation looks at the impact on health service utilisation, reconviction, diversion from the criminal justice system, and timeliness of court processes, as well their economic effects.
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Spotlight 2020–2021
Spotlight 2020–2021 features examples of our research that helped to improve people's lives during a turbulent year. It also highlights a selection of research initiatives on the horizon for 2021.
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Study to Identify an Approach to Measure the Illicit Market for Tobacco Products: Final Report
This study is intended to support efforts to better understand the scope and scale of the illicit tobacco market.
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Supporting Prioritisation of Mental Health Funding Related to Urgent and Emergency Care in the East of England: A Guide for Integrated Care Systems and Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships
This guide has been prepared to help ICS/STPs with determining spending priorities within mental health urgent and emergency care.
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Comparison of Criminal-History Information Systems in the United States and Other Countries
This addresses the uses and sources of criminal-history records, procedures for assessing accuracy and completeness, efforts to improve the systems, and availability of records for operational and research purposes.
2020
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Evaluation of the Ex-Service Personnel in the Criminal Justice System Programme
Most ex-Service personnel transition effectively into civilian life, but some face challenges that hinder a successful transition. This can lead to some individuals committing crimes and finding themselves within the criminal justice system. RAND Europe was commissioned to evaluate the Ex-Service Personnel in the CJS Programme, to understand how projects have helped reduce reoffending and provide support to ex-Service personnel in the CJS.
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Evaluation of the Ex-Service Personnel in the Criminal Justice System Programme
Narrated presentation describing a RAND Europe project to evaluate the Ex-Service Personnel in the Criminal Justice System Programme, to understand how projects have helped reduce reoffending and provide support to ex-Service personnel.
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The Future of Cybercrime in Light of Technology Developments
RAND Europe was commissioned by the European Commission to conduct a study aimed at: 1. Conducting an analysis of future technologies and how these could be used to commit or prevent cybercrimes. 2. Proposing possible ways to prevent future technologies from being exploited for criminal purposes. To achieve this, RAND Europe employed a mixed methods approach leveraging desk research, horizon scanning, stakeholder consultations, and serious gaming.
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How could technological developments influence the future of cybercrime?
How could technological developments influence the future of cybercrime? RAND Europe investigated this policy question and identified possible approaches to prevent future technologies from being exploited for criminal purposes.
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Intimate Partner Violence and Witness Intervention: What Are the Deciding Factors?
This report examines the factors that encourage witnesses of intimate partner violence to intervene (including reporting the violence to the relevant authorities). It draws on qualitative research in Denmark, Germany, France and Portugal.
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Pharmaceutical Innovation for Infectious Disease Management: From Troubleshooting to Sustainable Models of Engagement
In this Perspective, the authors discuss the need for more sustainable and scalable ways of incentivising pharmaceutical industry innovation in response to infectious disease threats to public health. The authors discuss financial incentives and non-financial considerations, and relate the insights to the COVID-19 crisis and to the context of preventing other emerging infectious disease threats from becoming crises in the future.
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Researching Violence Against Health Care: Gaps and Priorities
Researchers investigated the current status of research on violence against healthcare, identifying research gaps and conducting an initial prioritisation of future research.
2019
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Developing a Toolkit to Measure Intermediate Outcomes to Reduce Reoffending from Arts and Mentoring Interventions
Researchers developed a framework for outcome measurement, focused on 'intermediate' measures associated with reductions in reoffending, to be adopted by organisations delivering mentoring and arts interventions to adult offenders.
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Process Evaluation of AssetPlus
AssetPlus is an assessment and planning framework used by youth offending teams throughout England and Wales. RAND Europe was commissioned by the Youth Justice Board to explore the experiences and perceptions of youth justice practitioners using AssetPlus. The study found that practitioners strongly supported the ideas underpinning the assessment tool but faced challenges related to its user interface and information-sharing capabilities.
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Reviewing the Evidence Base for De-escalation Training: A Rapid Evidence Assessment
RAND Europe conducted a rapid evidence assessment of the de-escalation training literature and found that training may help staff manage patient violence and aggression but de-escalation training may not in itself reduce the number of violent or aggressive incidents. Also, de-escalation training contributes to a significant reduction in lost workdays, improved staff retention, reduced complaints, and reduced overall expenditure.
2018
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Alcohol and international football tournaments
This case study focuses on: 1) The relationship between alcohol consumption and problem behaviours. 2) Fans' preferences and expectations regarding alcohol at international football events. 3) International approaches to managing the sale and consumption of alcohol at football events. 4) The effectiveness and fans' perception of these approaches.
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Counterterrorism evaluation: Taking stock and looking ahead
This report presents the results of a study investigating how evaluations of counterterrorism (CT) and preventing and countering violent extremism (PCVE) policies were designed and conducted over the last five years and what practical lessons can be drawn from these. The study encompassed a set of interconnected research tasks, including the production of an inventory of CT and PCVE evaluations and of an ad-hoc analytical framework.
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Early reflections on the approach to preventing and responding to violent and antisocial behavior at the 2018 World Cup in Russia
This case study examines the available evidence on violent and antisocial behaviour during the 2018 World Cup; effectiveness of policing tactics deployed during the tournament; intelligence-sharing and international cooperation between law enforcement agencies; sale and consumption of alcohol; and the facilitation of positive crowd behaviour through event organisation.
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Evaluating interventions that prevent or counter violent extremism: A practical guide
This document provides an overview of data collection methods and evaluation designs suitable for evaluating interventions and programmes designed to prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalisation. This document also provides a comprehensive discussion on ethical considerations in PCVE evaluation more broadly, as well as in the application of specific evaluation methods.
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A focus on cybersecurity
Cybersecurity has risen to become a prominent issue of national and global security for governments and international organisations worldwide. A focus on cybersecurity looks at the issues and details RAND Europe's expertise and work in the area.