NCJ Number
142252
Date Published
1985
Length
32 pages
Annotation
This report summarizes the major areas in which the Rand Corporation is conducting criminal justice research.
Abstract
These areas are (1) career criminals and criminal careers, (2) sentencing alternatives, (3) chronic youthful offenders, (4) evaluating and improving system management, (5) results of innovative programs, and (6) responses to adolescent drug abuse and organized crime. Rand uses a multidisciplinary approach to its research, regularly teaming criminologists, economists, sociologists, psychologists, operations researchers, statisticians, and computer scientists on its research projects. Lists of relevant publications in each major subject area