Workers' Compensation During COVID-19
Jan 11, 2022
Justice Policy Publications
Publications from the RAND Justice Policy program cover topics related to public safety and the performance of the U.S. criminal justice system for federal law enforcement and other agencies, police departments, and other clients.
RAND Justice Policy also conducts research on topics related to civil justice through the RAND Institute of Civil Justice (ICJ).
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'Passing', but Far from Perfect: Assessing Public Confidence in Police and Desire for Reform in Pennsylvania January 11, 2022
This study measures public confidence in police and public support for policing practices. Findings reveal that participants expressed moderate levels of confidence in their local police, although confidence varied across racial groups.
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COVID-19 and Workers' Compensation: Considerations for Policymakers January 11, 2022
The authors of this Perspective examine how and why policymakers have granted access to workers' compensation benefits to employees who are required to work outside the home during the COVID-19 pandemic. They assess the potential impacts of such access on workers, employers, and insurers, and they pose questions for policymakers to consider when evaluating past policies and crafting new ones to meet future public health emergencies.
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Resetting Recidivism Risk Prediction January 6, 2022
A RAND research report proposes the novel reset principle to guide more-accurate recidivism risk prediction for criminal background checks. The research also demonstrates the viability of a risk-prediction model that satisfies the reset principle.
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Empowerment-Based Domestic Violence Programming Within a Family Court Setting: An Implementation Guide January 6, 2022
This guide supports the implementation of an empowerment-based domestic violence program within a family court setting. It was developed to share the best practices learned during the evaluation of the Safe Horizon Family Court organization; this evaluation examined the functioning and processes of Safe Horizon's Family Court Program. It may be useful for researchers and practitioners interested in implementing a family court–based intervention.
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Empowering Domestic Violence Survivors Within the Family Courts January 6, 2022
This infographic accompanies a tool that supports the implementation of an empowerment-based domestic violence program within a family court setting.
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Providing Another Chance: Resetting Recidivism Risk in Criminal Background Checks January 6, 2022
Criminal background checks screen people for myriad opportunities, including employment. The authors propose the reset principle, which anchors recidivism risk assessments at the time of the background check to account for a person's time in the community since their last interaction with the criminal justice system. This differs from recidivism risk assessments in the criminal justice context, which are anchored at the time of conviction.
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How Different Sampling Methods Paint Vastly Different Pictures of Recidivism, and Why It Matters for Policy January 6, 2022
In this paper, the authors argue that the recidivism statistics cited most often in debates about the collateral consequences of conviction are not appropriate evidence in those debates. In particular, those statistics often are based on criminal justice cohort samples, which disproportionately contain frequent participants in the criminal justice system and thus have higher recidivism rates compared with the broader population of concern.
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What Prevention and Treatment of Substance Use Disorder Can Tell Us About Addressing Violent Extremism January 5, 2022
In this Perspective, the authors examine similarities between violent extremism and substance dependence. They review evidence from psychology, neuroscience, sociology, and public health that suggests that there are similarities in violent extremism and substance dependence in terms of the underlying neural pathways, social and psychological causes, behavioral patterns, and opportunities for prevention and intervention.
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A Gap Analysis of the Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act Portfolio January 4, 2022
The authors examined the extent to which best practices for juvenile justice systems are considered when making funding decisions for services funded by the Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act (JJCPA) in Los Angeles. The JJCPA, administered by the California Board of State and Community Corrections, provides funding to counties to support programs to curb crime among at-risk youth and youth involved in the juvenile justice system.
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COVID-19 in the California Workers' Compensation System: A Study of COVID-19 Claims and Presumptions Under Senate Bill 1159 December 29, 2021
The authors use a mixed-methods (qualitative-quantitative) approach to evaluate the overall effects of COVID-19 claims on the workers' compensation system and on the payment of workers' compensation benefits. They also analyze the effects of the different presumptions for COVID-19 established by Senate Bill 1159 and describe patterns of COVID-19 claim filing and claim outcomes by industry and occupation.