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Securing Health

Lessons from Nation-Building Missions

By: Seth G. Jones,Lee H. Hilborne,C. Ross Anthony,Lois M. Davis,Federico Girosi

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Securing Health

Lessons from Nation-Building Missions

By: Seth G. Jones,Lee H. Hilborne,C. Ross Anthony,Lois M. Davis,Federico Girosi

RAND researchers analyzed the health components of seven post-World War II nation-building efforts conducted after major conflicts-Germany, Japan, Somalia, Haiti, Kosovo, Afghanistan, Iraq-and found that two factors are correlated with successful health outcomes: planning and coordination, and infrastructure and resources.

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083304074X

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9780833040749

How Effective Is Correctional Education, and Where Do We Go from Here? The Results of a Comprehensive Evaluation

By: Lois M. Davis,Jennifer L. Steele,Robert Bozick,Malcolm V. Williams,Susan Turner,Jeremy Miles,Jessica Saunders,Paul S. Steinberg

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How Effective Is Correctional Education, and Where Do We Go from Here? The Results of a Comprehensive Evaluation

By: Lois M. Davis,Jennifer L. Steele,Robert Bozick,Malcolm V. Williams,Susan Turner,Jeremy Miles,Jessica Saunders,Paul S. Steinberg

Assesses the effectiveness of correctional education for both incarcerated adults and juveniles, presents the results of a survey of U.S. state correctional education directors, and offers recommendations for improving correctional education.

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153

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Rand Corporation

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0833084933

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9780833084934

Combating Terrorism

How Prepared Are State and Local Response Organizations?

By: Lois M. Davis,Louis T. Mariano,Jennifer E. Pace,Sarah K. Cotton,Paul Steinberg

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Combating Terrorism

How Prepared Are State and Local Response Organizations?

By: Lois M. Davis,Louis T. Mariano,Jennifer E. Pace,Sarah K. Cotton,Paul Steinberg

Organizations varied in how they financed these efforts-some increased internal spending or reallocated resources-and in receipt of external funding. Â¥

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196

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Rand Corporation

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0833042394

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9780833042392

Reparable Harm

Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California

By: Lois M Davis,M. Rebecca Kilburn,Dana Scultz

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Reparable Harm

Assessing and Addressing Disparities Faced by Boys and Men of Color in California

By: Lois M Davis,M. Rebecca Kilburn,Dana Scultz

The Los Angeles area has the most severe traffic congestion in the United States. Trends in many of the underlying causal factors suggest that congestion will continue to worsen in the coming years, absent significant policy intervention. Excessive traffic congestion detracts from quality of life, is economically wasteful and environmentally damaging, and exacerbates social-justice concerns. Finding efficient and equitable strategies for mitigating congestion will therefore serve many social goals. The authors recommend strategies for reducing congestion in Los Angeles County that could be implemented and produce significant improvements within about five years. To manage peak-hour auto travel, raise transportation revenue, improve alternative transportation options, and use existing capacity more efficiently, they recommend 10 primary strategies: improve signal control and timing; restrict curb parking on busy thoroughfares; implement paired one-way streets; promote ride-sharing, telecommuting, and flexible work schedules; develop a high-occupancy toll-lane network; vary curb-parking rates with demand, enforce the current parking cash-out law; promote deep-discount transit passes; expand bus rapid transit and bus-only lanes; and implement a regionally connected bicycle network. In addition, three recommendations may help, depending on the outcome of current events: evaluate arterial incident management, consider cordon congestion tolls, and levy local fuel taxes to raise transit revenue. Given that some of the recommendations may prove controversial, the authors also outline complementary strategies for building political consensus.

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126

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0833046861

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9780833046864

Challenges and Choices for Crime-Fighting Technology Federal Support of State and Local Law Enforcement

By: William Schwabe,Lois M. Davis,Brian A. Jackson

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Challenges and Choices for Crime-Fighting Technology Federal Support of State and Local Law Enforcement

By: William Schwabe,Lois M. Davis,Brian A. Jackson

Under the American federal system, most law is cast as state statutes and local ordinances; accordingly, most law enforcement is the responsibility of state and local agencies. Federal law and federal law enforcement come into play only where there is rationale for it, consistent with the Constitution. Within this framework, a clear role has been identified for federal support of state and local agencies. This report provides findings of a study of technology in use or needed by law enforcement agencies at the state and local level, for the purpose of informing federal policymakers as they consider technology-related support for these agencies. In addition, it seeks to characterize the obstacles that exist to technology adoption by law enforcement agencies and to characterize the perceived effects of federal assistance programs intended to facilitate the process. The study findings are based on a nationwide Law Enforcement Technology Survey and a similar Forensics Technology Survey (FTS) conducted in late spring and early summer2000, interviews conducted throughout the year, focus groups conducted in autumn 2000, and review of an extensive, largely nonacademic literature. Companion reports: Schwabe, William, Needs and Prospects for Crime-Fighting Technology: The Federal Role in Assisting State and Local Law Enforcement, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, 1999. Davis, Lois M., William Schwabe, and Ronald Fricker, Challenges and Choices for Crime-Fighting Technology: Results from Two Nationwide Surveys, Santa Monica, Calif.: RAND, 2001.

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0833032399

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9780833032393

State and Local Intelligence in the War on Terrorism

By: K. Jack Riley,Gregory F. Treverton,Jeremy M. Wilson,Lois M. Davis

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State and Local Intelligence in the War on Terrorism

By: K. Jack Riley,Gregory F. Treverton,Jeremy M. Wilson,Lois M. Davis

Examines how state and local law enforcement agencies conducted and supported counterterrorism intelligence activities after 9/11. The report analyzes data from a 2002 survey of law enforcement preparedness in the context of intelligence, shows how eight local law enforcement agencies handle intelligence operations, and suggests ways that the job of gathering and analyzing intelligence might best be shared among federal, state, and local agencies.

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0833040944

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education

A Meta-Analysis of Programs That Provide Education to Incarcerated Adults

By: Lois M. Davis

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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education

A Meta-Analysis of Programs That Provide Education to Incarcerated Adults

By: Lois M. Davis

After conducting a comprehensive literature search, the authors undertook a meta-analysis to examine the association between correctional education and reductions in recidivism, improvements in employment after release from prison, and other outcomes. The study finds that receiving correctional education while incarcerated reduces inmates' risk of recidivating and may improve their odds of obtaining employment after release from prison.

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0833081322

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9780833081322

Preschool Adequacy and Efficiency in California

Issues, Policy Options, and Recommendations

By: Lynn A. Karoly,Tom LaTourrette,David E. Mosher,Lois M. Davis,David R. Howell,Preston Niblack

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Preschool Adequacy and Efficiency in California

Issues, Policy Options, and Recommendations

By: Lynn A. Karoly,Tom LaTourrette,David E. Mosher,Lois M. Davis,David R. Howell,Preston Niblack

The California Preschool Study examined gaps in school readiness and achievement in the early grades among California children and the potential for high-quality preschool to close those gaps, the use of early care and education (ECE) services and their quality, and the system of publicly funded ECE programs for three- and four-year-olds. This analysis integrates the results from the prior studies and makes recommendations for preschool policy.

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0833047612

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9780833047618

Strategic Appraisal

The Changing Role of Information in Warfare

By: Zalmay Khalilzad,Tom LaTourrette,David E. Mosher,Lois M. Davis,David R. Howell,Barbara Raymond

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Strategic Appraisal

The Changing Role of Information in Warfare

By: Zalmay Khalilzad,Tom LaTourrette,David E. Mosher,Lois M. Davis,David R. Howell,Barbara Raymond

Advances in information technology have led us to rely on easy communication and readily available information--both in our personal lives and in the life of our nation. For the most part, we have rightly welcomed these changes. But information that is readily available is available to friend and foe alike; a system that relies on communication can become useless if its ability to communicate is interfered with or destroyed. Because this reliance is so general, attacks on the information infrastructure can have widespread effects, both for the military and for society. And such attacks can come from a variety of sources, some difficult or impossible to identify. This, the third volume in the Strategic Appraisal series, draws on the expertise of researchers from across RAND to explore the opportunities and vulnerabilities inherent in the increasing reliance on information technology, looking both at its usefulness to the warrior and the need to protect its usefulness for everyone. The Strategic Appraisal series is intended to review, for a broad audience, issues bearing on national security and defense planning.

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0833043331

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9780833043337

The Role of the United States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security

Implications of Relaxing the Mailbox Monopoly

By: Lois M. Davis

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The Role of the United States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security

Implications of Relaxing the Mailbox Monopoly

By: Lois M. Davis

The United States Postal Service has a statutory monopoly to deliver mail to mailboxes, but there are arguments to relax that monopoly. This study assesses the public safety concerns of doing so and makes recommendations to address these concerns.

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0833046152

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9780833046154

Preservation of Affordable Rental Housing

Evaluation of the MacArthur Foundation's Window of Opportunity Initiative

By: Heather L. Schwartz,Raphael W. Bostic,Richard K. Green,Vincent J. Reina,Lois M. Davis,Catherine H. Augustine

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Preservation of Affordable Rental Housing

Evaluation of the MacArthur Foundation's Window of Opportunity Initiative

By: Heather L. Schwartz,Raphael W. Bostic,Richard K. Green,Vincent J. Reina,Lois M. Davis,Catherine H. Augustine

In 2000, the MacArthur Foundation began the Window of Opportunity, a 20-year, $187 million philanthropic initiative intended to help preserve privately owned affordable rental housing. The authors of this report assess whether the initiative achieved its goals and identify lessons learned about effective preservation practices, as well as about the implementation of large-scale philanthropic initiatives generally.

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167

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0833095013

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9780833095015

Understanding Art

By: Lois Fichner-Rathus

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Understanding Art

By: Lois Fichner-Rathus

The SlideGuide with Student Test Packet helps students learn and study more effectively in and out of the classroom. The SlideGuide is a student lecture companion that allows students to take notes alongside representations of the art images shown in class. It features black-and-white reproductions of the images from the book stored on the Multimedia Manager, with full captions, page numbers, and space for note-taking. The Student Test Packet offers a practice test for each chapter of the book. Complete answers and page references follow each chapter test, allowing students to check their understanding of concepts and practice for exams.

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Wadsworth Publishing Company

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0495091170

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9780495091172

Book's by Lois M. Davis

Securing Health

Securing Health

How Effective Is Correctional Education, and Where Do We Go from Here? The Results of a Comprehensive Evaluation

How Effective Is Correctional Education, and Where Do We Go from Here? The Results of a Comprehensive Evaluation

Combating Terrorism

Combating Terrorism

Reparable Harm

Reparable Harm

Challenges and Choices for Crime-Fighting Technology Federal Support of State and Local Law Enforcement

Challenges and Choices for Crime-Fighting Technology Federal Support of State and Local Law Enforcement

State and Local Intelligence in the War on Terrorism

State and Local Intelligence in the War on Terrorism

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education

Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education

Preschool Adequacy and Efficiency in California

Preschool Adequacy and Efficiency in California

Strategic Appraisal

Strategic Appraisal

The Role of the United States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security

The Role of the United States Postal Service in Public Safety and Security

Preservation of Affordable Rental Housing

Preservation of Affordable Rental Housing

Understanding Art

Understanding Art

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