How Deployments Affect Service Members

by James R. Hosek, Jennifer Kavanagh, Laura L. Miller

To assess whether an initiative to reduce gun violence that had been successful in Boston could be adapted for use elsewhere, researchers selected an East Los Angeles area for a similar intervention that was to include both law enforcement and social serv

150 pages, ebook

First published February 6, 2002

About the author

Dr. James R. Hosek is an economist whose research focuses on military recruiting, retention, compensation, deployment, personnel quality, and family well-being. Currently, he is an adjunct economist at RAND and a Professor at the RAND School of Public Policy.

Hosek was editor-in-chief of The RAND Journal of Economics from 1989–2018. Hosek received his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Chicago.