Rand Corporation: 374 books
Would-Be Warriors
Incidents of Jihadist Terrorist Radicalization in the United States Since September 11, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2010
Between 9/11 and the end of 2009, 46 publicly reported cases of domestic radicalization and recruitment to jihadist terrorism occurred in the United States, 13 of them in 2009. Most of the would be jihadists recruited themselves into the terrorist role, assisting foreign terrorist organizations, joining...
The U.S. Drug Policy Landscape
Insights and Opportunities for Improving the View
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2012
Discussions about reducing the harms associated with drug use and antidrug policies are often politicized, infused with questionable data, and unproductive. This paper provides a nonpartisan primer on drug use and drug policy in the United States. It aims to bring those new to drug policy up to speed...
Sleep in the Military
Promoting Healthy Sleep Among U.S. Servicemembers
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2015
Given the unprecedented demands on the U.S. military since 2001 and the risks posed by stress and trauma, there has been growing concern about the prevalence and consequences of sleep problems. This first-ever comprehensive review of military sleep-related policies and programs, evidence-based interventions,...
by F. Stephen Larrabee, Stuart E. Johnson, John IV Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2012
In the coming decade, NATO faces growing fiscal austerity and declining defense budgets. This study analyzes the impact of planned defense budget cuts on the capabilities of seven European members of NATO: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Poland. The authors assess the implications of the cuts for NATO capabilities and strategy and for U.S. policy.
The Power to Coerce
Countering Adversaries Without Going to War
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2016
Mounting costs, risks, and public misgivings of waging war are raising the importance of U.S. power to coerce (P2C). The best P2C options are financial sanctions, support for nonviolent political opposition to hostile regimes, and offensive cyber operations. The state against which coercion is most...
Considering Marijuana Legalization
Insights for Vermont and Other Jurisdictions
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2015
Marijuana legalization is a controversial and multifaceted issue that is now the subject of serious debate. In May 2014, Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin signed a bill requiring the Secretary of Administration to produce a report about various consequences of legalizing marijuana. This resulting report...
by John C. Graser, Daniel Blum, Kevin Brancato
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2010
The Air Force Medical Service (AFMS) currently runs three in-theater hospitals for severely injured or wounded personnel. Part of the practioners' preparation was treating DoD beneficiaries for a broad range of injuries and illnesses. Opportunities for this preparation are not as numerous "in house"...
Recruiting and Retaining America's Finest
Evidence-Based Lessons for Police Workforce Planning
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2010
Shares results of a survey, sent to every U.S. police agency with at least 300 sworn officers, on recruitment and retention practices. Finds that police compensation, city size, and crime rates affected recruiting. Advertising and incentives had little effect on the number of recruits. Cohort sizes...
Securing Rights for Victims
A Process Evaluation of the National Crime Victim Law Institute's Victims' Rights Clinics
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2009
This book discusses how some clinics have won significant gains at the appellate and federal court levels concerning victim standing, the rights to be consulted and heard, and the right to privacy. Some have won significant victories in gaining standing for victims and expanding the definition of...
by Jefferson P. Marquis, Jennifer D. P. Moroney, Justin Beck
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 27, 2010
The U.S. government is facing the dual challenge of building its own interagency capacity for conducting stability operations while simultaneously building partner capacity (BPC) for stability operations. This study finds that although BPC and stability operations are receiving a good deal of attention...
Alternative Litigation Financing in the United States
Issues, Knowns, and Unknowns
Language: English
Release Date: May 17, 2010
Alternative litigation financing (ALF)--also known as "third-party" litigation financing--refers to provision of capital by parties other than plaintiffs, defendants, their lawyers, or defendants' insurers to support litigation-related activity. This paper describes the ALF industry as of early 2010...
Altered State?
Assessing How Marijuana Legalization in California Could Influence Marijuana Consumption and Public Budgets
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2010
Legalizing marijuana in California would lead to a major decline in the pretax price, but the price for consumers will depend heavily on taxes, the regulatory regime structure, and how taxes and regulations are enforced. The lower price and nonprice effects will increase consumption, but it is unclear...
by Isaac R. III Porche, Christopher Paul, Michael York
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2013
The U.S. Army is studying ways to apply its cyber power and is reconsidering doctrinally defined areas that are integral to cyberspace operations. An examination of network operations, information operations, and several other, more focused areas across the U.S. military found significant overlap and potential boundary progression that could inform the development of future Army doctrine.
Are U.S. Military Interventions Contagious over Time?
Intervention Timing and Its Implications for Force Planning
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2013
Current DoD force planning processes assume that U.S. military interventions are serially independent over time. This report challenges this assumption, arguing that interventions occur in temporally dependent clusters in which the likelihood of an intervention depends on interventions in the recent...