Greg Ridgeway - Böcker

Presents the results of a 2002 survey of state and local law enforcement agencies assessing their preparedness for terrorism in the post-9/11 environment. Presents the results of a 2002 survey conducted by the RAND Corporation assessing how prepar...

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This study compares the effectiveness of 11 U.S. community-based substance abuse treatment programs for adolescents. After accounting for pretreatment differences between the youths entering each program, no persuasive evidence was found to sugges...

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Could a data-driven, problem-solving approach yield new interventions to disrupt local, illegal gun markets serving criminals, gang members, and juveniles in Los Angeles? Law enforcement can analyze patterns in crime-gun data to trace illicit fire...

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Raw statistics for encounters between New York City police officers and pedestrians suggest large racial disparities less than 89 percent of 2006 stops involved nonwhites. The New York City Police Department asked RAND to help it understand this a...

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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 depa...

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As part of a 2002 agreement between the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD), the American Civil Liberties Union, and the Fraternal Order of Police, the RAND Corporation annually assesses whether police-community relations in Cincinnati are improving.

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This book helps the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) achieve its recruiting and diversity goals by offering ways to improve productivity and efficiency in the recruiting process. It identifies potential untapped recruiting markets, provides a ...

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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 f...

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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 2007-2008, Corrections Standards Authority-m...

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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. ...

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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-m...

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To assess whether an initiative to reduce gun violence that had been successful in Boston could be adapted for use elsewhere, researchers selected an East Los Angeles area for a similar intervention that was to include both law enforcement and soc...

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Attorneys working at federal defender organizations represent financially eligible individuals in federal criminal prosecutions and related proceedings, both at the trial court level and on appeal. This report presents a system of case weights for...

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The Juvenile Justice Crime Prevention Act funds programs that curb crime among juvenile probationers and young at-risk offenders. This report summarizes, for fiscal year 2009-2010, state- and county-determined outcome measures from each program.

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