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In this article, we aim to understand framings of Indigenous peoples in disaster management through a critical discourse analysis of how Indigenous peoples in disasters are represented in the expert news media.
This resource is a guide for U.S. state governments as they seek to implement comprehensive targeted violence prevention (TVP) programming and evaluate its implementation, outcomes, and impact.
In this report, RAND Corporation researchers summarize what is currently known about killings committed by police officers in the United States and identify existing evidence about various ways to prevent these killings. The authors also recommend areas in which future research efforts could help inform policymaking and decisionmaking aimed at reducing police killings.
To explore the service needs of sexual and gender minority individuals, we interviewed providers and clients from eight supportive housing organizations working with SGM populations in L.A. County.
Using a Bayesian statistical analytic framework, investigates whether the Baltimore Police Department's use of aerial surveillance could help detectives solve serious violent crimes.
In this report, RAND researchers present interim results from a longitudinal study to count unsheltered individuals in Skid Row, Hollywood, and Venice — areas of Los Angeles with high concentrations of homelessness. The researchers also surveyed a subsample of these individuals to collect data on demographic characteristics, history of homelessness, past experiences with the housing system, and housing needs and preferences.
Preparing justice-involved individuals for successful reentry into the community and long-term desistance from crime is a critical mission of corrections agencies and their community-based partners. To accomplish this goal, corrections agencies employ a variety of supervision services and programs to address common need areas. In this report, experts identified strategies for employing technology to improve reentry outcomes.
Despite the availability of safe and effective COVID-19 vaccines, 25% of American adults remained partially vaccinated or unvaccinated against COVID-19 at the beginning of 2022.
Drawing on a review of regulatory and other documents and interviews with industry stakeholders, the author presents the origin and intention of recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices (RAGAGEP), points of disagreement about the definition, and recommendations for the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health to bring industry and government into better alignment about expectations for complying with RAGAGEP.
Adaptive reuse (AR) refers to the repurposing of a building for a new, more valuable use while preserving as much of the existing structure as possible. In this report, the authors provide estimates of the number of residential units that could be produced through the AR of underutilized commercial properties in the Los Angeles area and provide evidence on the financial feasibility of creating these residential units.
