@BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", title = "Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification", isbn = "978-0-309-31059-8", abstract = "Identifying the Culprit: Assessing Eyewitness Identification makes the case that better data collection and research on eyewitness identification, new law enforcement training protocols, standardized procedures for administering line-ups, and improvements in the handling of eyewitness identification in court can increase the chances that accurate identifications are made. This report explains the science that has emerged during the past 30 years on eyewitness identifications and identifies best practices in eyewitness procedures for the law enforcement community and in the presentation of eyewitness evidence in the courtroom. In order to continue the advancement of eyewitness identification research, the report recommends a focused research agenda.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18891/identifying-the-culprit-assessing-eyewitness-identification", year = 2014, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "Transportation Research Board and National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine", editor = "Bastian Schroeder and Lee Rodegerdts and Pete Jenior and Edward Myers and Christopher Cunningham and Katy Salamati and Sarah Searcy and Sarah O’Brien and Janet Barlow and Billie Louise (Beezy) Bentzen", title = "Guidelines for the Application of Crossing Solutions at Roundabouts and Channelized Turn Lanes for Pedestrians with Vision Disabilities", abstract = "TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 222: Guidelines for the Application of Crossing Solutions at Roundabouts and Channelized Turn Lanes for Pedestrians with Vision Disabilities provides guidance to engineers and planners on the design of roundabouts and channelized turn lanes for accessibility. NCHRP Web-Only Document 222 is the final report for NCHRP Research Report 834: Crossing Solutions at Roundabouts and Channelized Turn Lanes for Pedestrians with Vision Disabilities: A Guidebook.The accessibility of modern roundabouts and intersections with channelized turn lanes is an important civil rights challenge in the United States that has broad potential implications for engineering practice in this country. This report builds on the results of NCHRP Report 674: Crossing Solutions at Roundabouts and Channelized Turn Lanes for Pedestrians with Vision Disabilities. It provides a framework for empirical study and analysis of accessibility performance, documents field testing of several treatments, and provides a research extension through modeling and simulation to expand the results beyond the field-tested sites.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24675/guidelines-for-the-application-of-crossing-solutions-at-roundabouts-and-channelized-turn-lanes-for-pedestrians-with-vision-disabilities", year = 2016, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" } @BOOK{NAP author = "National Research Council", editor = "Gerald David Jaynes and Robin M. Williams, Jr.", title = "A Common Destiny: Blacks and American Society", isbn = "978-0-309-03998-7", abstract = "\"[A] collection of scholars [has] released a monumental study called A Common Destiny: Blacks and American Society. It offers detailed evidence of the progress our nation has made in the past 50 years in living up to American ideals. But the study makes clear that our work is far from over.\" \u2014President Bush, Remarks by the president to the National Urban League Conference\nThe product of a four-year, intensive study by distinguished experts, A Common Destiny presents a clear, readable \"big picture\" of blacks' position in America. Drawing on historical perspectives and a vast amount of data, the book examines the past 50 years of change and continuity in the status of black Americans. By studying and comparing black and white age cohorts, this volume charts the status of blacks in areas such as education, housing, employment, political participation and family life.", url = "https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/1210/a-common-destiny-blacks-and-american-society", year = 1989, publisher = "The National Academies Press", address = "Washington, DC" }