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SCF in Pennsylvania
SCF supervision, in probation and parole, is set to expand statewide.
SCF probation in Summit County, Ohio
A three-year trial of SCF principles includes more frequent connections with probation officers and judges.
Tennessee Criminal Justice Investment Task Force
SCF will improve outcomes in probation and parole.
SCF parole in New Jersey
SCF for parolees with opioid use disorder is breaking down barriers to reentry.
Probation and Parole A Review of Current Literature [New Mexico Sentencing Commission]
States should use SCF with incentives for probationers and parolees
Getting Technical: Preventing and Responding to Technical Supervision Violations and Misdemeanors
SCF statutes with incentives can help address supervision violations.
Vermont Justice Reinvestment II Working Group Meeting
Responses to violations can be improved to include more community sanctions and less incarceration.
Mark Kleiman: The policy ideas factory
An imaginative and original thinker, Kleiman used SCF to describe the approach he believed would reform community supervision.
Deterrence Theory: Key Findings and Challenges
Swiftness of sanctioning is an important determinant of compliance, absent from most deterrence models.
Wyoming passes legislation to reduce recidivism and pay for treatment programs
SCF with incentives will be used to address probation and parole violations.
Report of the New York State Bar Association Task Force on the Parole System
New York is trying to reduce returns to jail and prison on parole violations using SCF principles.
Exploring Probation Supervision Compliance in the Netherlands
Perceived certainty of detection and sanction increases willingness to comply and is thus an important factor in deterrence.
Are Jail Sanctions More Punitive Than Community-Based Punishments? An Examination into the Perceived Severity of Alternative Sanctions in Community Supervision
Community-based punishments are not viewed as being substantially less punitive than jail incarceration.
Managing Pretrial Misconduct: An Experimental Evaluation of HOPE Pretrial
Applying the HOPE probation strategy to pretrial supervision.
The California Prison and Parole Law Handbook. Chapter 11: Parole and Post-Release Community Supervision
Guidance on SCF in California parole.
California AB-597: Probation and mandatory supervision: Flash incarceration
Arguments for and against SCF sanctions in California probation.
Criminal Justice in the 21st Century: Improving Incarceration Policies and Practices in Allegheny County (PA)
One county’s attempt at reducing incarceration and improving outcomes, including using SCF in probation.
Juvenile Risk Assessment: Assessing the Evaluability and Predictive Validity of the Youth Assessment and Screening Instrument for use among the North Dakota Juvenile Probation Population
Don’t assume replicability of programs without research (HOPE an example).
Probation and parole violations—often for technical offenses—are filling OK DOC, and it’s time to do something about it
Oklahoma eschews proposed bills aimed at probation and parole, including SCF.
A Presidential Roadmap to Ending Mass Incarceration: Invest in People, not Prisons
Proposing sweeping reforms to parole and probation, including SCF sanctions.
Assessing Campus Alcohol Policies: Measuring Accessibility, Clarity, and Effectiveness
Recommending SCF for alcohol-involved college students.
Commentary on Bainbridge (2019): Improving the Evidence Base for 24/7 Sobriety
Encouraging an RCT for 24/7 Sobriety SCF program for alcohol offenders in the UK.
Using Certainty and Celerity to Deter Crime
A look at South Dakota’s 24/7 Sobriety SCF program for alcohol offenders.
The Future of Crime and Punishment: Smart Policies for Reducing Crime and Saving Money
SCF in juvenile justice.
Effective Court Responses to Persons with Substance Use Disorder: Components of a Model Curriculum for Evidence-based Judicial Decision Making
Considering SCF sanctions and rewards targeted to a person’s ability to comply.
Assessing the Use and Impact of Points and Rewards across Four Federal Probation Districts: A Contingency Management Approach
Discussing the value of SCF incentives in probation.
Which Prisoner Reentry Programs Work? Replicating and Extending Analyses of Three RCTs
Reevaluating an SCF probation experiment.
Responding to Substance-Use-Related Probation and Parole Violations: Are Enhanced Treatment Sanctions Preferable to Jail Sanctions?
Examining the evidence in SCF programs.
Criminal Thinking as a Moderator of the Perceived Certainty-Offending Relationship: Age Variations
The concept of “certainty” may require understanding not yet attained by adolescents.
Free Will Skepticism, General Deterrence, and the “Use” Objection
Considers what constitutes successful deterrent punishment.
Set Up to Fail? Examining Australia’s Approach to Parole Compliance Through a Therapeutic Jurisprudence Lens
Fairness in SCF as a form of treatment.
Repairing justice: The prosecutor (podcast)
Examining the possible motivations of sentencing and second chances.
Penal Policy and the Lessons of Recent Experience
Developing policy with the belief that criminal behavior is like any other human behavior.
Charlotte Co. (FL) to introduce alternative sanctions
Alternative sanctions to avoid the life disruption that comes with incarceration.