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Prosecutor-Led Pretrial Diversion: Case Studies in Eleven Jurisdictions

The primary focus of this study is to provide a national portrait of prosecutor-led diversion through case studies of the goals, history, policies, and practices of diversion programs implemented in 11 prosecutors' offices.

May 17, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

NIJ's Multisite Evaluation of Prosecutor-Led Diversion Programs: Strategies, Impacts, and Cost-Effectiveness

This study examines 16 prosecutor-led diversion programs in 11 jurisdictions across the country, and conducts impact evaluations of five programs and cost evaluations of four programs.

May 17, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

Think Mass Shootings Are Terrorism? Careful What You Wish For

Those arguing America needs a new domestic terrorism law haven't thought things through.

Jan 4, 2018
Report

Helping Law Enforcement Use Data from Mobile Applications: A Guide to the Prototype Mobile Information and Knowledge Ecosystem (MIKE) Tool

Mobile devices automatically and unobtrusively collect data about their users. This report documents a prototype tool created to help interested stakeholders better understand this mobile app ecosystem, and its use by law enforcement.

Apr 28, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Policing, Boundaries and the State: The Changing Landscape of Sovereignty and Security

This study examines institutional rearrangements of policing, boundaries and the state.

Dec 29, 2015
Journal Article

Journal Article

Starting from the End: A Plea for Focusing on the Consequences of Crime

Since its institutionalization as an autonomous discipline in the late 19th century, criminology's main project has been identifying the causes of crime.

Dec 29, 2015
Report

Electronic Surveillance of Mobile Devices for Law Enforcement

Mobile phones collect and retain enormous amounts of information that can be useful in criminal investigations. However, state and local law enforcement face substantial challenges when accessing these data.

Dec 10, 2015
Report

Report

The Potential of Blind Collaborative Justice: Testing the Impact of Expert Blinding and Consensus Building on the Validity of Forensic Testimony

RAND researchers investigated two potential contributors to biased testimony within adversarial litigation involving forensic evidence: experts' knowledge of which side they were testifying for, and lack of input from relevant scientific communities.

Aug 7, 2015
Tool

Interactive Tool for Ranking Digital Evidence Needs

This tool presents the prioritized needs related to digital evidence collection, management, analysis, and use and allows the user to see how their priorities would change when the importance of different digital evidence objectives are changed.

Apr 20, 2015
Report

Digital Evidence and the U.S. Criminal Justice System

There are significant challenges to successfully using digital evidence in criminal prosecutions. Through structured interaction with police digital forensic experts, prosecuting attorneys, a privacy advocate, and industry representatives, researchers identified and prioritized specific needs to improve utilization of digital evidence in criminal justice.

Apr 20, 2015
Report

The Changing Role of Criminal Law in Controlling Corporate Behavior

What should be the role of criminal law in controlling corporate behavior? Researchers measure the current use of criminal sanctions in controlling corporate behavior and offer suggestions about how doing so might be improved.

Dec 9, 2014
Report

Tool Created to Help Multinational Companies Assess Risk of Bribery When Doing Business in Foreign Countries

Corruption can hinder global business investment — particularly in emerging markets — but multinational companies often have difficulty assessing the business bribery risk in other countries. A new tool, called the TRACE Matrix, can help.

Nov 11, 2014
News Release

News Release

Marijuana Consumption in Washington State Twice as Large as Previously Estimated

In Washington state, marijuana consumption likely will range from 135 to 225 metric tons during 2013. Understanding the current market should help state policymakers with decisions about the number of marijuana sales licenses to issue, to project tax revenues, and provide a foundation for assessments of legalization.

Dec 18, 2013
Report

Marijuana Consumption in Washington State Twice as Large as Previously Estimated

In Washington state, marijuana consumption likely will range from 135 to 225 metric tons during 2013. Understanding the current market should help state policymakers with decisions about the number of marijuana sales licenses to issue, to project tax revenues, and provide a foundation for assessments of legalization.

Dec 18, 2013
Periodical

Periodical

Type of Legal Representation Affects Outcomes in Murder Cases

An analysis of the outcomes for murder defendants who were represented either by public defenders or by appointed private counsel in Philadelphia raises important questions about the adequacy and fairness of the criminal justice system.

May 11, 2012
Report

Report

Case Weights for Federal Defender Organizations

This report presents a system of case weights for estimating the funding and staffing requirements of federal defender organizations, discusses factors that might influence defender time expenditures, and describes how such weights should be used.

Aug 18, 2011
Report

Report

Police Recruiting Is Affected by Compensation, City Size, and Crime Rates

A survey sent to U.S. police agencies on recruitment and retention practices found that compensation, city size, and crime rates affected recruiting while advertising and incentives had little effect.

Sep 21, 2010
Report

Report

Understanding Forfeitures: An Analysis of the Relationship Between Law Enforcement Funding and High Asset Forfeiture

The Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture (TEOAF) administers the forfeitures that result from the prosecution of criminal enterprises - such as drug cartels, terrorist organizations, and individual embezzlers - can be used to fund future investigations. TEOAF commissioned RAND to examine such funding and forfeiture outcomes.

Mar 18, 2009
News Release

News Release

RAND Study Finds Substantial Amounts of Ammunition Bought by Felons, Others Prohibited from Buying Bullets

October 5, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Finds Substantial Amounts of Ammunition Bought By Felons, Others Prohibited from Buying Bullets.

Oct 5, 2006
News Release

News Release

RAND Study Finds No Evidence of Racial Bias in Federal Prosecutors' Decisions to Seek Death Penalty from 1995-2000

July 17, 2006 News Release: RAND Study Finds No Evidence of Racial Bias in Federal Prosecutors' Decisions to Seek Death Penalty from 1995-2000.

Jul 17, 2006

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