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Predicting Suicide Attacks: Integrating Spatial, Temporal, and Social Features of Terrorist Attack Targets
by Walter L. Perry • Claude Berrebi • Thomas Sullivan • John Hollywood • Parisa Roshan • Ryan Andrew Brown • Amber Jaycocks • Lisa MiyashiroAs part of an exploration of ways to predict what determines the targets of suicide attacks, RAND conducted a proof-of-principle analysis of whether adding sociocultural, political, economic, and demographic factors would enhance the predictive ability of a methodology that focused on geospatial fea... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
Recommendations for Improving the Recruiting and Hiring of Los Angeles Firefighters
by Jefferson P. Marquis • Nelson Lim • Louis T. Mariano • Chaitra M. Hardison • Lisa Miyashiro • Robert Bozick • Kirsten M. Keller • Leslie Adrienne Payne • Jacqueline A. Mauro • Gillian Oak • Lisa Saum-ManningReviews the Los Angeles Fire Department's hiring practices as of June 2014 and outlines a recommended new firefighter hiring process that is intended to increase efficiency of the hiring process, bolster the evidence supporting the validity of it, and make it more transparent and inclusive.... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2015 -
Access to Behavioral Health Care for Geographically Remote Service Members and Dependents in the U.S.
by Dionne Barnes-Proby • Grant N. Marshall • Yashodhara Rana • Ryan Andrew Brown • Lisa Miyashiro • Coreen Farris • Harold Alan Pincus • Phoenix Voorhies • Karen Chan Osilla • Joshua Breslau • Teague Ruder • Katherine Pfrommer • David M. AdamsonConcerns about access to behavioral health care for military service members and their dependents living in geographically remote locations prompted research into how many in this population are remote and the effects of this distance on their use of behavioral health care. The authors conducted ge... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014