Using Certainty and Celerity to Deter Crime 2019
Evaluates a large-scale effort to significantly increase certainty and celerity of sanction for an offense while keeping severity low.
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When Autonomous Vehicles Are Hacked, Who Is Liable? 2019
Who might face civil liability if autonomous vehicles (AVs) are hacked to steal data or inflict mayhem, injuries, and damage? How will the civil justice and insurance systems adjust to handle such claims? RAND researchers addressed these questions to help those in the automotive, technology, legal, and insurance industries prepare for the shifting roles and responsibilities that the era of AVs may bring.
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Hacked Autonomous Vehicles: Who May Be Liable for Damages? An Initial Investigation into How Civil Liability Systems Can Prepare 2019
Existing civil liability law is flexible enough to address most hacked autonomous vehicle claims. Manufacturers and operators will need to stay abreast of attacks and take precautions to avoid similar attacks and reduce liability exposure.
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Algorithmic Equity: A Framework for Social Applications 2019
The primary focus of this report is understanding how to evaluate the equitable use of algorithms across a range of specific applications. The report outlines concepts of equity from philosophical, legal, and technical standpoints to draw insights that apply across algorithmic decisionmaking contexts for several domains, including auto insurance, recruiting, and criminal justice.
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The Impact of Climate and Weather on a Small Tourism Business: A wSWOT Case Study 2019
This teaching case explores the impact of climatic trends and weather on one location of an outdoor tourism industry business in the coastal community of Virginia Beach, Virginia.
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Building Clean Energy Support with Young Millennials in the United States 2019
This study analyzes awareness of local clean energy initiatives, risk perceptions, environmental messaging, and environmental orientation influence young millennial support for federal clean energy policy and taxes.
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Advancing STEM-Based Business Sustainability: Mending the Curricular Gap 2019
Businesses are increasingly facing economic, social, and environmental sustainability challenges. This article discusses STEM-based business sustainability curricula to help educators prepare students.
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Diffusing Portable Radiation Detectors Among First Responders 2019
This article discusses police technology adoption and the ability to diffuse portable radiation detectors. Other impacts related to community resilience are discussed.
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A Case Study of Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events, and Risk Communication in a Coastal Community 2019
A longitudinal case study with a single location design was used to explore the relationships between climate change, extreme events, and economic outcomes for a coastal business located in the southeastern U.S.
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Ensemble-Based Flood Vulnerability Assessment for Probable Maximum Flood in a Changing Environment 2019
A high-resolution hydro-meteorologic model was used to develop probabilistic flood maps representing the response of indices of rainfall extremes, probable maximum precipitation (PMP) and probable maximum flood (PMF), to climate change.