"Pressures inside and outside the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to reduce the incidence of problematic behaviors within the military are inducing the Office of the Secretary of Defense to rethink how it is organized to oversee and coordinate DoD's varied behavior-mitigation efforts. This report provides the results of a RAND study that examined the integration of programs for addressing a specified set of problematic behaviors: sexual harassment, sexual assault, unlawful discrimination, substance abuse, suicide, and hazing. The report combines the results of the two major lines of research: the first related to the development of a typology of common problematic behavior risk and protective factors and prevention methods based on a review of the behavioral science literature, and the second related to the organization, coordination, oversight, and managerial practices of programs to address problematic behavior based on document analysis and policy discussions with DoD and service headquarters officials. Following a discussion of findings from the two lines of research, the report lays out a series of recommendations for the Office of the Secretary of Defense to improve its understanding of the interrelationships among problematic behaviors and its oversight and coordination of programs to address those behaviors"--Publisher's description.

Summary -- Introduction -- Background -- Objectives -- Office of the Secretary of Defense and Service Responsibilities for Managing Problematic Behavior -- Approach -- Organization of This Document ; 2. Identifying Common Risk Factors Across the Six Problematic Behaviors : Methods -- Developing the Conceptual Model and Common Risk Factors -- Assessing Problematic Behavior in Terms of Common Risk Factors -- Summary ; 3. Identifying Common Prevention Interventions for the Six Problematic Behaviors : Prevention-Strategy Selection and Linkage to the Conceptual Model -- Assessing Prevention Strategies for Addressing the Six Problematic Behaviors -- Summary ; 4. The Office of the Secretary of Defense's Strategic-Level Organization to Address Problematic Behavior : What Organizations Are Involved in Addressing Problematic Behavior, and How Are They Structured? -- What Coordination and Oversight Mechanisms Are Currently Being Used? -- How Well Are Office of the Secretary of Defense Organizations Managing Problematic Behavior? -- Summary ; 5. Structural Alternatives for Addressing Problematic Behavior Within the Office of the Secretary of Defense : What Structural Alternatives Are Found in the Organizational Literature? -- Alternative Structures Within the Services -- Insights for the Office of the Secretary of Defense from Analysis of the Structural Alternatives in Military Departments ; 6. Conclusions and Recommendations : Behavioral Research Conclusions and Recommendations -- Programmatic Analysis Conclusions and Recommendations -- APPENDIXES.