Does Europe have enough babies? March 11, 2010
What can governments do to address the demographic challenge? RAND Europe examines population ageing: consequences and possible solutions.
Publications on Child and Adolescent Safety
2010
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National Evaluation of Safe Start Promising Approaches: Assessing Program Implementation June 28, 2010
Documents the program and community settings, interventions, and implementations of 15 programs across the country that provide interventions for families in which children have been exposed to violence. The 15 programs were part of Safe Start Promising Approaches, an initiative aimed at building knowledge about the effectiveness of specific intervention strategies intended to reduce the harmful effects of children's exposure to violence.
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Unique Framework Helps Louisiana Community Prioritize Its Investments in Children and Families February 19, 2010
The Community Foundation of Shreveport-Bossier selected education, health, and poverty as the focus for funding related to children and families. The Foundation asked RAND to help further narrow the priorities, and this framework helps the Foundation prioritize investments by identifying the intersection of local needs, community assets, and evidence-based best practices.
2009
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Characteristics of Effective Interventions in Improving Young People's Sexual Health: A Review of Reviews August 1, 2009
The authors conducted a review of reviews to identify characteristics of effective sex and relationship education (SRE) interventions and/or programmes in young people to improve sexual health and identify barriers and facilitators for implementation.
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The Economic Cost of Methamphetamine Use in the United States, 2005 January 27, 2009
This first national estimate of the economic cost of methamphetamine (meth) use in the United States suggests that costs reached $23.4 billion in 2005. The analysis, with a lower-bound estimate of $16.2 billion and an upper-bound estimate of $48.3 billion, considers the burden of addiction, premature death, drug treatment, lost productivity, crime and criminal justice, health care, production and environmental hazards, and child endangerment.
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Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: RAND Quarterly Report, October 2008 May 19, 2009
In July 2008, RAND Corporation staff conducted Correctional Program Checklist assessments of five home-based service providers as part of its ongoing evaluation of Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act activities through the Los Angeles County Probation Department. The authors determined whether the treatment interventions were consistent with the research literature on evidence-based practices and the principles of effective intervention.
2008
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Appetite for Change: School Meals Policy in the Limelight 2005 January 1, 2008
This case study examines the Government's decision in 2005 to establish new nutritional standards for school meals.
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The provision of neonatal services: Data for international comparisons January 1, 2008
Gathers information on the provision of neonatal services in Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the United States, Canada, Sweden and Australia. It was produced to support the National Audit Office’s Value for Money study of neonatal services in England. Therefore, the report aims to provide a compendium of relevant data to facilitate comparisons and benchmarking of neonatal services (organisation, statistics, and so on).
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Vital Communities: Review and analysis of the research July 2, 2008
Presents RAND Europe's analysis of data generated by the Vital Communities programme between October 2005 and August 2007. The Vital Communities programme provides creative and artistic activities for children, their families, and wider communities in nine locations across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
2007
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Applying Risk Assessment to Secure the Containerized Supply Chain January 1, 2007
Discusses risk assessment and the container transport industry. The global flow of containers represents the lifeblood of modern economies, rendering the global containerized supply chain a potentially attractive target.
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Human Trafficking in Ohio: Markets, Responses, and Considerations October 13, 2007
Wilson and Dalton explore the extent and characteristics of human trafficking in Ohio through both a content analysis of newspaper accounts and interviews with criminal justice officials and social service providers. The authors identify and discuss sex-trafficking cases in Toledo and forced-labor cases in Columbus, and compare the two cities’ responses to human trafficking. They conclude with suggestions on how these responses might be improved.
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National Traffic Forecasting Models in Europe and Elsewhere January 1, 2007
More and more European and some non-European countries are developing models of their national transport systems to facilitate analysis and rational decision-making on national transport policy, whether the policy concerns infrastructure or transport management.
2006
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How Schools Can Help Children Recover from Traumatic Experiences December 4, 2006
This fact sheet summarizes a program guide, or tool kit, that describes a variety of school-based mental health programs for students exposed to trauma, such as Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters, and community or personal violence.
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How Schools Can Help Students Recover from Traumatic Experiences: A Tool Kit for Supporting Long-Term Recovery October 23, 2006
This tool kit describes how trauma exposure impacts students’ performance and behavior and provides a compendium of programs for schools to support the long-term recovery of traumatized students. It also compares the programs with one another.
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Interventions to reduce anti-social behaviour and crime: A review of effectiveness and costs December 6, 2006
Antisocial behaviour (ASB) is an increasingly key topic of public concern. According to Home Office statistics, around 66,000 reports of ASB are made to authorities each day. Government is introducing new legal instruments and policy initiatives to tackle ASB. The National Audit Office (NAO) has commissioned a review of the existing literature on the effectiveness, costs and benefits for intervention.
2004
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Oregon’s Measure 11 Sentencing Reform: Implementation and System Impact December 13, 2004
Measure 11, passed in Oregon in 1994, imposed long mandatory prison terms for designated offenses, prohibited “earned time,” and provided for mandatory waiver of youthful offenders to adult court. This study analyzes the implementation of Measure 11 and its impact on prosecution, sentencing, and convictions. Findings show that Measure 11 has altered sentencing and case processing practices in Oregon, with offenders convicted of violent and sex-related offenses serving longer prison terms, but fewer being sentenced for these offenses.
2002
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Farmacotherapie bij kinderen: Kennislacunes in beeld gebracht: [Pharmacotherapy in Children: Identifying Knowledge Gaps] January 1, 2002
This study aims to identify which medications deserve priority for clinical research in the short term. The authors found that a lot of knowledge is already available and needs dissemination rather than further research. However, clinical research on the safety, effectiveness and long term effects of many medications have not been studied yet in children.
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Farmacotherapie bij kinderen: van kunst tot wetenschap: Pharmacotherapy in Children: From Art to Science January 1, 2002
This study aims to identify the barriers to effective prescribing for children, with an emphasis upon the absence of good clinical research within those barriers. A group of experts in the field discussed solution directions, in which governmental incentives are deemed critical. Financing problems, lack of scientific knowledge and lack of dissemination of existing knowledge were found to be the main problems in paediatric care in the Netherlands.
1993
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Chronic Juvenile Offenders: Final Results from the Skillman Aftercare Experiment January 1, 1993
A classical experimental design was used to determine whether delinquents assigned to an experimental intensive aftercare program implemented in two sites had lower relapse and recidivism rates and a better readjustment to the community.