Testimony on Drug Treatment Alternatives to Incarceration April 4, 2000
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources of the House Committee on Government Reform, April 4, 2000.
Publications on Courts and Corrections
2000
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Establishing a Good-Faith Defense to Punitive-Damage Claims January 1, 2000
Argues that if the main purpose of punitive damages in product liability cases is to deter conduct that results in unsafe consumer products, the threat of punitive damages ought to be better targeted at the conduct of senior management, ...
1999
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Measuring Interjudge Sentencing Disparity Before and After the Federal Sentencing Guidelines April 1, 1999
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.
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Goal Conflict in Juror Assessments of Compensatory and Punitive Damages January 1, 1999
Recent tort reform debates have been hindered by a lack of knowledge of how jurors assess damages. Two studies investigated whether jurors are able to appropriately compartmentalize compensatory and punitive damages.
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Comparing the Cost-Effectiveness of Federal Mandatory Minimum Sentences and Other Federal Enforcement Programs January 1, 1999
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Committee on the Judiciary on July 29, 1999.
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1998
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Measuring Inter-Judge Sentencing Disparity Before and After the Federal Sentencing Guidelines December 1, 1998
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.
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Product Liability, Punitive Damages, Business Decisions and Economic Outcomes January 1, 1998
This article aims to help readers think systematically about the economic effects of product liability and punitive damages.
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The real world of tort litigation January 1, 1998
1997
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Punitive Damages in Financial Injury Jury Verdicts January 1, 1997
This report provides the technical details of an Institute for Civil Justice analysis of trends and patterns in punitive damage awards in financial injury cases in selected jurisdictions during the period 1985 through 1994.
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Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences: Throwing Away the Key or the Taxpayers' Money? January 1, 1997
The authors of the current study examine mandatory minimum drug sentences from the viewpoint of cost-effectiveness at achieving such national drug control objectives as reducing cocaine consumption and cocaine-related crime.
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Differential Treatment of Corporate Defendants by Juries: An Examination of the "Deep-Pockets" Hypothesis January 1, 1997
Evidence that juries treat corporate defendants less favorably than individual defendants is often cited in support of the widely held view that juries are biased against wealthy "deep-pocket" defendants.
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Punitive Damages and Financial Injury Jury Verdict January 1, 1997
This publication contains the written statement of Stephen Carroll delivered on June 24, 1997, to the Judiciary Committee of the United States Senate.
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Criminal Justice Policies Toward the Mentally Retarded Are Unjust and Waste Money January 1, 1997
In most states, that system makes little or no allowance for the disabilities of such offenders, resulting in dispositions that are inequitably harsh and in all likelihood costlier to the public than need be the case.
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Are Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences Cost-Effective? January 1, 1997
Mandatory minimum sentences are not justifiable on the basis of cost-effectiveness at reducing cocaine consumption or drug-related crime.
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Just, Speedy, and Inexpensive? January 1, 1997
This article summarizes RAND's evaluation of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 (CJRA).
1996
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An Experimental Evaluation of the Phoenix Repeat Offender Program January 1, 1996
The authors used a randomized field experiment to evaluate the impact of efforts at post-arrest case enhancement by a special repeat offender unit of the Phoenix Police Department.
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Intensive Probation and Parole January 1, 1996
Intensive supervision programs (ISP) have proliferated in the past decade. They generally emphasize reduced caseloads, close surveillance, urinalysis, treatment, and employment.
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The Nokomis Challenge Program Evaluation January 1, 1996
This report contains the results of RAND's evaluation of the Michigan Department of Social Services' Nokomis Program, an innovative relapse prevention correctional program designed for low- and medium-risk juveniles convicted of a felony offense.
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Trends in Civil Jury Verdicts Since 1985 January 1, 1996
This report describes all civil jury verdicts reached from 1985 to 1994 in the state courts of general jurisdiction in 15 jurisdictions across the nation and identifies trends in these verdicts.
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An Experimental Evaluation of Drug Testing and Treatment Intervention for Probationers in Maricopa County, Arizona January 1, 1996
This report presents the results of RAND's evaluation of a 1992 experimental drug testing and alternative invention program implemented in cooperation with the Maricopa County (Arizona) Adult Probation Department.
1995
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Trends in Punitive Damages: Preliminary Data from California January 1, 1995
This paper presents preliminary results of an Institute for Civil Justice analysis of trends in punitive damage awards.