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Events @ RAND: Security Versus Privacy?

At this October 2013 event, Henry Willis, director of the RAND Homeland Security and Defense Center, moderated a panel discussion on U.S. efforts to strike a balance among privacy, security, and liberty.

Oct 24, 2013
Report

Limiting the Potential for Racial Profiling of Immigration Laws

Law enforcement agencies should be required to collect data that can be used to monitor the implementation of state and local immigration enforcement laws, to ensure that they are applied in a race-blind manner.

May 3, 2013
Journal Article

State Terrorism and Human Rights: An Incremental Tyranny

Perceived threats to liberty by the military-industrial complex that gave great cause for concern in the past have given way to fears of a security state, which has fueled perception of a perpetual danger requiring endless war.

Jan 1, 2013
Journal Article

Update to The Sigma Scan

This external publication is an online database of short Horizon Scanning Centre think-pieces. RAND Europe updated 25% of the papers on this database, to incorporate more recent policy issues, evidence, and developments.

Jan 1, 2011
Commentary

Police Need to Do a Better Job of Explaining Stop-and-Frisk

Police stops of pedestrians and vehicles, while an important tool in police work, can fuel tensions if not handled properly. Law enforcement agencies must develop plans to address the disparities and tensions that result from their efforts, write K. Jack Riley and Greg Ridgeway.

Dec 6, 2007
Commentary

Selecting for Security

The recent decision to conduct random searches of backpacks and packages carried by passengers on New York and Boston subways, commuter trains, and buses has provoked controversy. Americans want better security, but remain wary about how it is provided.

Jul 26, 2005
Report

Die zweischneidige Verfassung [The Double Sided Condition]

While the new Iraqi constitution is relatively forward leaning with respect to women's issues, international attention should maintain focus on the emerging code of law and the manner of implementation, to secure women's equity under its code.

Jan 1, 2005
News Release

RAND Examines What U.S. Can Learn About Domestic Intelligence Collection from UK, France, Canada and Australia

RAND EXAMINES WHAT U.S. CAN LEARN ABOUT DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE COLLECTION FROM UK, FRANCE, CANADA AND AUSTRALIA.

Apr 7, 2004
Report

The chicano/illegal-alien civil liberties interface

Examines how concern over illegal Mexican migration has resulted in judicial and statutory responses that constrain the constitutional and civil rights of Chicanos. The author reviews major Supreme Court decisions which resulted in judicial approval...

Jan 1, 2004
Commentary

Terrorism in India is Not Just an Internal Threat

The car bombs that last month killed 52 people and wounded more than 150 in Mumbai are the latest and deadliest manifestation of a widening Islamic terrorist campaign in India. The campaign may signal an important new centre of terrorist activity and needs to be closely watched by governments around ...

Sep 30, 2003
News Release

RAND Study Finds LAPD Needs to Forge New Sense of Professionalism

In order to improve its training and ultimately its performance, the Los Angeles Police Department needs to forge a new sense of professionalism among its officers, according to a RAND report released today.

Aug 14, 2003
Commentary

Connect the Cops to Connect the Dots

commentaries by RAND Staff: insightful commentaries on current events, published in newspapers, magazines and journals worldwide.

Jun 1, 2003
Journal Article

Affirmative Action in Medical Education and Its Effect on Howard and Meharry: A Study of the Class of 1975

Compare medical school graduates in terms of actual choice of specialty, patient characteristics, practice location, and specialty board certification

Jan 1, 1988
Report

Mechanisms for the implementation of civil rights guarantees by educational institutions

Mechanisms for the implementation of civil rights guarantees by educational institutions

Jan 1, 1980
Report

The Science and Politics of Ethnic Enumeration

As the U.S. political system moves toward concepts of group (rather than individual) civil rights, ethnicity has emerged as a major civil grouping principle.

Jan 1, 1980
Report

Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: Expansion of Program Responsibilities

Describes how the addition of a new responsibility to the Title IV mandate — the delivery of services to eliminate sex discrimination in school districts — has affected the ongoing Title IV mission of assisting the process of racial desegregation ...

Jan 1, 1977
Report

Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Review of Program Operations

Discusses the major findings and recommendations of a study evaluating Title IV operations, which provide technical assistance and training services to school districts in various stages of desegregation.

Jan 1, 1976
Report

Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Review of Program Operations: Executive Summary

This report is the executive summary of R-1901/2-HEW.

Jan 1, 1976
Report

Privacy and Security in Databank Systems: An Annotated Bibliography, 1970-1973

More than 740 publications are annotated pertaining to the protecting individual privacy and civil rights, providing confidentiality through statutory and regulatory means, and providing access controls and security to information stored and processed.

Mar 1, 1974
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Lucy Gilder

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Education M.Phil. in social anthropology, University of Cambridge

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RAND Topic:
Civil Rights

Topic Synonyms:
Civil Liberties