Reports results of interviews of youths treated in 11 adolescent programs that had been identified as having suggestive evidence of effectiveness, to learn whether they had better outcomes than they would have had at other facilities.

The Relative Effectiveness of 10 Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in CSAT's ATM Project (Technical Report (RAND))

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Morral, Andrew R.

Ridgeway, Greg

McCaffrey, Daniel F.

Mukherji, Arnab

Beighley, Christopher

Addiction & Recovery

RAND Corporation

The San Diego Police Department (SDPD) has been operating below its authorized size in recent years. To bridge its personnel gap, the department needs to maximize its recruiting while minimizing officer attrition. To accomplish this goal, the department sought assistance from RAND to improve its recruiting efforts and suggest ways to improve the diversity of its recruits. This monograph describes RAND1s effort to assist SDPD1s recruiting program.

Strategies for Improving Officer Recruitment in the San Diego Police Department

Business & Money

Matthies, Carl

Gifford, Brian

Koper, Christopher

Lim Executive Director Fels, Nelson

Business Culture

<p>A study of the involvement of organized-crime and terrorist groups in product counterfeiting. Case studies of film piracy illustrate the problem of criminal and perhaps terrorist groups using this new high-payoff, low-risk way to fund their activities. Cooperation among law enforcement and governments worldwide is needed to combat intellectual-property theft, which threatens the global information economy, public safety, and national security.</p>

Film Piracy, Organized Crime, and Terrorism

Politics & Social Sciences

Treverton, Gregory F.

Goulka, Jeremiah

Cunningham, Karla J.

Wong, Anny

Politics & Government

In 2002, the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) joined with other agencies and organizations to improve police community relations in the city. This report focuses on the analysis of racial disparities in traffic stops in Cincinnati. The authors find no evidence of racial differences between the stops of black and those of similarly situated nonblack drivers, but some issues can exacerbate the perception of racial bias.

Cincinnati Police Department Traffic Stops: Applying RAND's Framework to Analyze Racial Disparities

Sociology

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)

Castaneda, Laura Werber

Management & Leadership

The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds programs that have been proven effective in curbing crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. This report summarizes, for fiscal year 2008-2009, Corrections Standards Authority-mandated outcome measures from each of the programs, as well as county-determined supplemental outcomes.

Los Angeles County Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act: Fiscan Year 2008-2009 Report

Turner, Susan

Fain, Terry

Social Sciences

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