Incarceration

Mental Health Treatment

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Treating Mental Health Within Jails Should Start Beyond Jails
In the United States, people with mental health concerns are disproportionately jailed at a staggering rate. It is essential that people have access to the health care they need while incarcerated. But efforts to build up community-based alternatives are essential, too.
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Jun 22, 2023
Los Angeles Daily News
Stephanie Brooks Holliday

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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Reflecting on the Pandemic, RAND Turns 75, Labor Trafficking: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, 75 years of influential RAND research, reducing labor trafficking in the United States, and more.
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May 12, 2023
Emerging Technologies

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RAND Turns 75: A Look Through the Decades At World-Changing Research
From anticipating the Space Age in the 1940s to studying gun policy and COVID-19 responses in the 2020s, RAND is celebrating 75 years of research that has made a difference.
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May 8, 2023
Iraq

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20 Years After the Iraq War, China-Russia Ties, Correctional Education: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on reflecting on the Iraq War, the pandemic and prison education, North Korea’s latest threats, and more.
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Mar 24, 2023
Crime and Violence Prevention

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States Have Leading Role to Play in Preventing Mass Shootings
As the United States grapples with how to prevent mass shootings, state governments might be best positioned to take the lead on long-term, sustainable efforts that prevent targeted violence.
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Jun 13, 2022
Route Fifty
Katya Migacheva, Jordan R. Reimer
Gun Policy

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Gun Policy, Ukraine's Best Chance for Peace, Equity and Public Policy: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses what the scientific evidence says about gun laws, a potential pathway toward peace in Ukraine, helping incarcerated parents, and more.
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Jun 3, 2022
Migration

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How Data Can Help Refugees, Homelessness in L.A., Harm Reduction: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on tapping into Facebook data to help refugees, addressing homelessness in Los Angeles, understanding burnout among health care providers, and more.
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May 6, 2022
Incarceration

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What Programs Can Help Parents in Prison and Their Children?
Around 2.3 million people live in U.S. jails and prisons, and most of them are parents. What are prisons doing to help them be better parents when they get out? It's more than just a policy question—it's a social justice question.
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May 2, 2022
Employment and Unemployment

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Why Unemployed Men with Criminal Records Could Be Key to Solving the U.S. Labor Shortage
American employers are panicked about the lack of willing workers. They shouldn't be. There are plenty of Americans who want to work. If you're an employer, you may be wondering where all these potential employees are hiding. They aren't hiding—they've been applying to your job openings, and you've been screening them out.
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Feb 22, 2022
Los Angeles Times
Shawn D. Bushway @BushwayShawn, Jeffrey B. Wenger
Refugees

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Refugees, Women's Health Research, Supporting Incarcerated Parents: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the humanitarian fallout from a Russian invasion of Ukraine, investing in women’s health research, supporting incarcerated parents, and more.
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Feb 18, 2022
Violent Extremism

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Extremism and Substance Use Disorder, Criminal Background Checks, Vaccine Diplomacy: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the parallels between extremism and substance use disorder, a better way to measure recidivism risk, global vaccine diplomacy, and more.
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Jan 7, 2022
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

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The Most Popular RAND Research of 2021
As another extraordinary year draws to a close, we continue to believe that objective, nonpartisan research and analysis has a key role to play in navigating what continues to be a difficult time. Here are the 10 research projects that resonated most with rand.org readers in 2021.
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Dec 22, 2021
Media Literacy

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China-Pakistan Partnership, Media Literacy, Incarcerated Parents: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on the China-Pakistan partnership in light of the Taliban's rise to power, media literacy education, parenting from prison, and more.
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Sep 24, 2021
Incarceration

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Mass Incarceration and Parenting from Prison: Q&A with Dionne Barnes-Proby, Celia Gomez, and Monica Williams
One in 10 Black children in the United States has an incarcerated parent. RAND experts are assessing what could be done to better support these parents and, in turn, improve the well-being of their children and families.
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Sep 9, 2021
Dionne Barnes-Proby @BarnesProby, Celia J. Gomez, et al.
Criminal Justice

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Criminal Justice in the Pandemic Era and Beyond
The pandemic forced the entire criminal justice system to adapt and innovate in ways it never had before. How can the lessons of COVID-19 improve the future of criminal justice?
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Sep 7, 2021
Prison Reform

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Defunding Prisons, Preventing Cyberattacks, Promoting COVID-19 Vaccinations: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on defunding prisons, how to deter ransomware attacks, overcoming barriers to COVID-19 vaccination, and more.
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Aug 13, 2021

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Beyond helping to meet Los Angeles' ambitious housing production goals, adaptive reuse conversions can provide a more-stable source of property tax revenue because the housing sector is much more insulated from factors such as remote work and other economic shocks affecting the office sector. And they can also help to maintain office prices through a reduction in supply. Both of these forces could place city and county finances at less future risk.

Jason M. Ward

Associate Director, RAND Center on Housing and Homelessness in Los Angeles

Source: Los Angeles Times

When faced with an adversary who threatens to ram or shoulder your ship, ramming in return is a proportional response. An agile, speedy unmanned surface vehicle roaming near your ship whose sole purpose is to be ready to ram an aggressor would constitute an effective deterrent.

Scott Savitz

Senior Engineer

Source: RealClearDefense

Ensuring that Government Use of Technology Serves the Public

Advancing Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence

Six Different Ways: Ukraine Lessons for Japanese Defense Planners

Teacher Well-Being, Russian PMCs, AI Conspiracy Theories: RAND Weekly Recap

Ukraine is running out of ammo. The West doesn’t have enough.

The Policy Currents Podcast

Helping Coastal Communities Plan for Climate Change

Managing Escalation in Crisis and War

Measuring Wellbeing to Help Communities Thrive

Assessing and Articulating the Wider Benefits of Research

Incarceration

Treating Mental Health Within Jails Should Start Beyond Jails

Reflecting on the Pandemic, RAND Turns 75, Labor Trafficking: RAND Weekly Recap

RAND Turns 75: A Look Through the Decades At World-Changing Research

20 Years After the Iraq War, China-Russia Ties, Correctional Education: RAND Weekly Recap

States Have Leading Role to Play in Preventing Mass Shootings

Gun Policy, Ukraine's Best Chance for Peace, Equity and Public Policy: RAND Weekly Recap

How Data Can Help Refugees, Homelessness in L.A., Harm Reduction: RAND Weekly Recap

What Programs Can Help Parents in Prison and Their Children?

Why Unemployed Men with Criminal Records Could Be Key to Solving the U.S. Labor Shortage

Refugees, Women's Health Research, Supporting Incarcerated Parents: RAND Weekly Recap

Extremism and Substance Use Disorder, Criminal Background Checks, Vaccine Diplomacy: RAND Weekly Recap

The Most Popular RAND Research of 2021

China-Pakistan Partnership, Media Literacy, Incarcerated Parents: RAND Weekly Recap

Mass Incarceration and Parenting from Prison: Q&A with Dionne Barnes-Proby, Celia Gomez, and Monica Williams

Criminal Justice in the Pandemic Era and Beyond

Defunding Prisons, Preventing Cyberattacks, Promoting COVID-19 Vaccinations: RAND Weekly Recap

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