Welcome to the RAND Criminal Justice Center
The RAND Criminal Justice Center, part of the RAND Safety and Justice Program, conducts evaluations of specific sentencing and corrections policy -- drug courts, reentry services, and supervision for drug users leaving prison -- and violence prevention programs. RAND researchers continue to build on years of work with intensive-supervision probation, alternatives to incarceration, and corrections policy and cost-effectiveness work in violence prevention. Local, state, and national criminal justice agencies are the primary collaborators.
Recent News and Publications
Community-Based Drug Programs Curb Teen Substance Abuse
Community-based drug treatment programs can help troubled teens reduce
substance abuse and improve psychological health, according to an exhaustive
study of a common treatment approach.
Project Safe Neighborhoods Seeks to Reduce Gun Violence
RAND is supporting the research and strategic planning components of
the U.S. Department of Justice's Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative
as research partner to the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and San
Diego PSN
task forces.
Report Evaluates Success of Act Funding California Juvenile Probation Services
California's 1997 Welfare-to-Work Act created the Comprehensive Youth
Services
Act
(CYSA) to fund juvenile probation services.
At the request of the Chief Probation Officers of California, RAND examined
the programs implemented, services provided, and programming in local
juvenile halls and
camps/ranches, as well as system and individual-level
youth outcomes.
Initiative to Reduce Gun Violence Succeeds in East Los Angeles
To test whether a successful initiative to reduce gun violence in Boston could be adapted for use elsewhere, a similar intervention was attempted in an East Los Angeles area. The initiative, which included both law enforcement and social service components, helped reduce violent and gang crime in the targeted districts and in surrounding communities.
Researchers Review Attempts at Preventing Domestic Violence on Military Bases
Following the murders of military spouses at Fort Bragg in 2002, RAND sponsored a study of the challenges to implementing recommendations made by the congressionally mandated Defense Task Force on Domestic Violence.
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Study Suggests Training Improvements for Los Angeles Police
To improve its training and ultimately its performance, the Los Angeles Police Department needs to forge a new sense of professionalism among its officers, and establish and communicate a common foundation for police performance.
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