Criminal Justice
Understanding the Effects of Anti-Profiling Policies, Journal of Law and Economics (2010)
Many police agencies have enacted measures designed to reduce racial profiling, yet little empirical evidence...
Hidden in Plain Sight: What Cost-of-Crime Research Can Tell Us About Investing in Police, RAND OP-279-ISEC (2010)
Many state and local governments are facing significant fiscal challenges, forcing policymakers to confront difficult...
Do Police Discriminate? Evidence from Multiple-Offender Crimes (with Charles Loeffler) (2008)
A large body of prior research examines whether differential arrest rates of minorities reflect disproportionate...
A Synthesis of Literature on the Effectiveness of Community Orders, RAND TR-518-NAO (2008)
The U.K. National Audit Office (NAO) commissioned RAND Europe to conduct this review to identify...
Does Religion Really Reduce Crime?, Journal of Law and Economics (2006)
Considerable research in sociology, criminology, and economics aims to understand the effect of religiosity on...
Civil Justice/Insurance
Judicial Expenditures and Litigation Access: Evidence from Auto Injuries (with Eric Helland), Journal of Legal Studies, forthcoming (2011)
Despite claims of a judicial funding crisis, there exists little direct evidence linking judicial budgets...
No-Fault Insurance and Automobile Accidents (with Eric Helland) (2010)
Removing accident liability through a no-fault system may only have minor effects on driver care,...
Auto Insurance Reform in Michigan? What Can the Data Tell Us?, RAND OP-293-ICJ (2010)
Legislators and consumer groups in Michigan have recently proposed a number of reforms designed to...
The U.S. Experience with No-Fault Automobile Insurance, RAND MG-860-ICJ (2010)
No-fault automobile-insurance regimes were the culmination of decades of dissatisfaction with the use of the...
Does Treatment Respond to Reimbursement Rates? Evidence from Trauma Care (with Eric Helland) (2008)
Some models of provider behavior predict that physicians, like other experts, may respond dysfunctionally to...
Military Manpower
An Analysis of the Incidence of Recruiter Irregularites, RAND TR-827-OSD (2010)
We examine the prevalence and consequences of irregularities by military recruiters. Recruiter irregularities are uncommon...
Cash Incentives and Military Enlistment, Attrition, and Reenlistment, RAND MG-950-OSD (2010)
To determine whether enlistment and reenlistment bonuses are effective in maintaining or increasing the supply...
Ch. 6: Potential Effects on Military Recruiting and Retention, Sexual Orientation and U.S. Military Personnel Policy: An Update of RAND's 1993 Study (2010)
Recruiting Minorities: What Explains Recent Trends in the Army and Navy?, RAND MG-861-OSD (2009)
Click to Read Online Since 2000, black representation among high-quality recruits in the Army has...
Drug Policy
Sunday Liquor Laws and Crime (2010)
Many jurisdictions have considered relaxing Sunday alcohol sales restrictions, yet such restrictions' effects on public...
Measuring Crack Cocaine and Its Impact (with Roland Fryer, Steven Levitt, and Kevin Murphy), Economic Inquiry, forthcoming (2010)
A wide range of social indicators turned sharply negative for Blacks in the late 1980s...
Information Technology
Information Technology, Organization, and Productivity in the Public Sector: Evidence from Police Departments (with Luis Garicano), Journal of Labor Economics (2010)
We examine how information technology (IT) contributes to organizational change, labor demand, and improved productivity...
Education
Preliminary Findings from the New Leaders for New Schools Evaluation, RAND WR-739-NLNS (2010)
Effective school leadership is widely seen as a key determinant of student achievement, yet it...
Childhood Educational Disruption and Later Life Outcomes: Evidence from Prince Edward County, Journal of Human Capital (2008)
Beginning in 1959 the public school system in Prince Edward County, Virginia was closed for...
Political Economy
Oil for What?—Illicit Iraqi Oil Contracts and the U.N. Security Council, Journal of Economic Perspectives (2005)
Over a 6½-year period the Iraqi government issued over 1300 oil contracts through the U.N....