<p>This research confirms that, while many spouses of military service members work and seek education similar to their "look-alike" civilian counterparts, they often lag these equals in terms of finding jobs and receiving comparable pay. Based on the input of more than 1,100 military spouses concerning their employment and educational pursuits as well as other data analysis, the RAND researchers offer recommendations for the Department of Defense to improve quality-of-life issues for its members and spouses, which in the long run will help the department retain the qualified personnel it needs.</p>

Working Around the Military: Challenges to Military Spouse E

Engineering & Transportation

RAND Corporation

Castaneda, Laura Werber

Golinell, Daniela

Lim Executive Director Fels, Nelson

Engineering

<p>Use of the Reserve Component has steadily increased since the 1990s, but little research has focused on how deployment affects guard and reserve families. This monograph presents the results of interviews with reserve component personnel and spouses, focusing on their deployment experiences and military career intentions. The authors conclude with suggestions on how the Department of Defense can better support guard and reserve families.</p>

Deployment Experiences of Guard and Reserve Families: Implications for Support Retention

History

Harrell, Margaret C.

Varda, Danielle M.

Beckett, Megan K.

Hall, Kimberly Curry

Military

Recognition of the problem of sexual assault, especially acquaintance rape, has increased dramatically since 1990. This compendium provides an overview of recent research on sexual assault and summarizes more than 450 individual studies of the topic, including research on its prevalence, victim and perpetrator risk factors, prevention, recovery and coping, and the responses of the health care, law enforcement, and criminal justice systems.

A Compendium of Sexual Assault Research (Technical Report)

Politics & Social Sciences

LYNCH

Social Sciences

This report describes the current policy context for domestic all-hazards risk-informed capabilities-based planning by local military and civilian authorities and results from interviews with such planners at five selected sites. Together, these form the basis for a planning support tool, for which the framework is described in this report.

Bridging the Gap: Developing a Tool to Support Local Civilian and Military Disaster Preparedness (Technical Report)

Science & Math

Chandra, Anita

Moore, Melinda

Wermuth, Michael A.

Noricks, Darcy

Earth Sciences

For much of the past decade, police and sheriff's departments faced considerable challenges in attracting and retaining recruits. This volume summarizes a 2008-2009 survey fielded to recent police officer and sheriff's deputy recruits nationwide. The authors focus on how understanding modern recruits can help departments refine their recruitment practices and develop a workforce well suited to community-oriented policing.

Today's Police Sheriff Recruits: Insights from the Newest Members of America's Law Enforcement Community (Rand Corporation Monograph)

Business & Money

Ridgeway, Greg

Management & Leadership

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