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RAND research on criminal justice examines such topics as drug policy, counterterrorism, DNA evidence, security trade-offs, victims' rights, and much more.

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A More Accurate Way to Predict Recidivism Risk in Background Checks

Jan 6, 2022

Roughly 30 percent of people in the United States have criminal histories, so exclusions resulting from background checks can foreclose job and other opportunities for many. But what if it were possible to show that some people pose a low risk of recidivism?
Report

Leveraging Technology to Support Prisoner Reentry

May 3, 2022

How can technology help ease the transition from jails or prisons back into the community—and ensure better outcomes for individuals who have been incarcerated?

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Report

“Low-Level” Drug Offenders Often Had Serious Criminal History

Voter-approved initiatives in Arizona and California have diverted low-level drug offenders from prison and jail. However, many of those imprisoned before the initiatives were approved were more serious criminal offenders than the “low-level” label implies.

Jun 7, 2005
Journal Article

Police Crackdowns, Societal Cost, and the Need for Alternative Approaches

Reports results from an ecological study that found that police crackdowns were not associated with elevated hospitalisations for injection-related abscesses and endocarditis in New York City. This paper makes many insightful points in the discussion section related to possible explanations.

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

Criminal System Racial Disparities May Translate into Health Disparities

Disadvantaged racial and ethnic minorities in the U.S. are over-represented in the criminal justice system, primarily linked to drug offenses. The use of incarceration for drug control has had significant effects on the health and well-being of these minority communities.

Jan 1, 2005
Journal Article

Concentrated Disadvantage and Youth-On-Youth Homicide: Assessing the Structural Covariates Over Time

Between the mid-1980s and early 1990s, there was an unprecedented growth in youth homicides.

Jan 1, 2005
Report

Oregon’s Measure 11 Sentencing Reform: Implementation and System Impact

The impacts of Measure 11 on crime and its prosecution in Oregon.

Dec 13, 2004
Research Brief

Evaluating Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Adolescent Probationers

In this study, RAND researchers found that one substance abuse treatment program helped young probationers reduce substance abuse and improve their psychological functioning.

Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article

Studying the Characteristics of Arrest Frequency Among Paroled Youthful Offenders

In recent years, much attention has been devoted to developing appropriate analytical methods to model criminal careers.

Jan 1, 2004
Journal Article

A Measurement Model Approach to Estimating Community Policing Implementation

This study developed and assessed a measurement model to examine the implementation of community policing (COP).

Jan 1, 2004
Report

Statewide Evaluation of the CYSA/TANF Program: Final Report

This report presents implementation and outcomes of California's CYSA/TANF Probation program statewide and in selected counties

Jan 1, 2003
Report

Evaluation of the South Oxnard Challenge Project, 1997-2001

RAND Criminal Justice conducted a randomized experimental evaluation of the South Oxnard Challenge Project (SOCP), a collaborative project between county, city and private non-profit agencies based on the Corrections of Place (COP) model.

Jan 1, 2002
Report

South Oxnard Challenge Project: Report of What Works

RAND Criminal Justice conducted a randomized experimental evaluation of the South Oxnard Challenge Project (SOCP).

Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article

Decriminalization of Drug Use in Portugal: The Development of a Policy

Drug use is an increasing problem in Portugal.

Jan 1, 2002
Report

Reaching Prevention Professionals: The Mentor Portal -- Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Drug Misuse Prevention Portal

Analyzes the cost-effectiveness of an Internet portal on drug misuse prevention.

Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article

Characteristics of Criminal Justice and Noncriminal Justice Clients Receiving Treatment for Substance Abuse

Compared three groups of substance abuse clients drawn from a representative sample of community treatment facilities in a large metropolitan area.

Jan 1, 2002
Journal Article

Drug Courts, a Bridge Between Criminal Justice and Health Services

There is striking overlap between the public health threats of drug abuse and crime.

Jan 1, 2001
Report

Drug Courts: A Conceptual Framework

Drug Courts: A Conceptual Framework

Jan 1, 2001
Journal Article

Reducing Firearms Violence Through Directed Police Patrol

A specific deterrence strategy whereby the police utilize directed patrol to focus on suspicious activities and locations reduced violent gun crime.

Jan 1, 2001
Report

Drug Offenders and the Criminal Justice System: Will Proposition 36 Treat or Create Problems?

Drug Offenders and the Criminal Justice System: Will Proposition 36 Treat or Create Problems?

Jan 1, 2000
Report

The FARE Probation Experiment: Implementation and Outcomes of Day Fines for Felony Offenders in Maricopa County

The FARE Probation Experiment: Implementation and Outcomes of Day Fines for Felony Offenders in Maricopa County

Jan 1, 2000
Journal Article

Measuring Interjudge Sentencing Disparity Before and After the Federal Sentencing Guidelines

This paper evaluates the impact of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines on inter-judge sentencing disparity, which is defined as the differences in average nominal prison sentence lengths for comparable caseloads assigned to different judges.

Apr 1, 1999

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