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Can an Informative Letter Reduce Gun Crime and Be Cost-Effective? A Study of Los Angeles

This report evaluates the effect of the letters sent by the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office on city-level rates of homicide, robbery, and aggravated assault with a firearm and conducts a cost-benefit assessment of this letter program.

Aug 2, 2017
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Exploring the transferability and applicability of gang evaluation methodologies to counter-violent radicalisation

Through a targeted literature review and comparative analysis, this report examines the transferable lessons that can be drawn from evaluations of gang interventions and applied to evaluation practice in the field of counter violent extremism.

Jul 21, 2017
Commentary

A Colombian Survivor's Crusade to Strengthen Punishment for Acid Attacks

Acid attacks, one of the most extreme forms of violence against women and girls, can have devastating consequences. Officials could address this problem by making it tough to get dangerous chemicals, punishing perpetrators, and helping survivors.

Jul 17, 2017
Report

Student Access to Mental Health Information on California College Campuses

Two surveys of California public college students provide insight into the preliminary impact of the California Mental Health Services Authority's activities on college students' receipt of information about mental health issues and support services.

Jun 29, 2017
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Report

Evaluation Approaches for Mental Health Prevention and Early Intervention Programs

This handbook provides guidance to practitioners and organizations interested in evaluating mental health prevention and early intervention programs.

Jun 13, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Expanding Suicide Crisis Services to Text and Chat: Responders' Perspectives of the Differences Between Communication Modalities

Internet chat and text messaging offer anonymity and increased access to suicide hotline callers, but they are not yet a replacement for telephone crisis support services.

Jun 6, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

The Werther Effect Revisited: Measuring the Effect of News Items on User Behavior

A new methodology detects how news coverage can have both positive and negative effects on people; feedback to journalists might offer an opportunity to modify a publication to reduce negative effects.

May 24, 2017
Project

Safe Start Evaluation Project Helps Reduce Negative Impacts of Violence on Children

Children who are exposed to violence can experience negative social and psychological effects both during the exposure and throughout their lives. The Safe Start Project strives to find effective programs to improve children's well-being.

May 22, 2017
Essay

Is Suicide Preventable? Insights from Research

Conventional wisdom about suicide prevention suggests that one just needs to know what warning signs to look for. But that's not the case.

May 8, 2017
Periodical

Periodical

RAND Review: May-June 2017

This issue highlights recent RAND research on suicide prevention; on the scope of the humanitarian and security crisis in the Mediterranean region; and on what RAND is doing to improve the security and well-being of people throughout the Middle East.

May 2, 2017
Multimedia

Preventing Veteran Suicide

An overview of testimony by Rajeev Ramchand presented before the Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies on April 27, 2017.

Apr 27, 2017
Testimony

Community-Based Programs Are Critical to Veteran Suicide Prevention

The VA provides high-quality mental health care. Its biggest challenge is preventing suicide among those who are not enrolled, such as veterans with other-than-honorable discharges and women. Strengthening community-based programs could prevent veteran suicide and help slow national suicide rates.

Apr 27, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Best Practices for Suicide Prevention Messaging and Evaluating California's "Know the Signs" Media Campaign

California's "Know the Signs" media campaign for suicide prevention is consistent with what is known about best practices, though evidence in this field is still nascent.

Apr 7, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

Detecting Changes in Newspaper Reporting of Suicide After a Statewide Social Marketing Campaign

In conclusion and similar to many past evaluations, we find no evidence that the KTS campaign was effective in changing the way in which suicides are reported on in California had any effect.

Apr 4, 2017
Journal Article

Opportunities to Intervene: "Warning Signs" for Suicide in the Days Before Dying

Understanding whether and to what extent loved ones noticed warning signs in the days before a suicide could help strengthen suicide prevention strategies.

Mar 14, 2017
Journal Article

Journal Article

How Does Incarcerating Young People Affect Their Adult Health Outcomes?

Youth who spend time in jail may need extra support from pediatricians to minimize long-term physical and mental health effects of incarceration.

Mar 13, 2017
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RAND's Fidelity Monitoring Protocol for Suicide Prevention Workshops in California

RAND developed a fidelity monitoring protocol composed of adherence and competence measures based on the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) for the California Mental Health Services Authority.

Mar 7, 2017
Commentary

When Is a Terrorist Really a Terrorist?

Countering mass violence demands a distinction between attackers who are truly inspired by jihadism and those with lesser links. The latter includes people whose mental states and violent tendencies preexist their exposure to the ideology.

Jan 27, 2017
Report

Report

Improving Oversight and Coordination of Department of Defense Programs That Address Problematic Behaviors Among Military Personnel: Final Report

This report makes recommendations for the Office of the Secretary of Defense to better understand the relationships among six problematic behaviors and its oversight and coordination of programs to address those behaviors.

Jan 25, 2017
Periodical

Periodical

RAND Review: November-December 2016

This issue highlights the policy issues facing the next U.S. president; the problem of food, energy, and water scarcity throughout the world; and the connection between violence against women and murder.

Oct 17, 2016

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