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SCF Incentives
Incentives and rewards are an essential complement to sanctions in SCF supervision.
An Empirical Approach to a Standard Practice: Drug Testing
Considers whether frequent, random drug testing in SCF supervision is an effective deterrent.
24/7 Sobriety
24/7 Sobriety, an SCF approach to supervising repeat DUI offenders, is growing nationally.
Promoting Success on Community Supervision: Strategies for Improving Outcomes and Reducing Revocations
Compares supervision practices, including SCF, in four states.
Hawaiʻi HOPE news
HOPE probation in Hawaiʻi is being reassessed.
Felony Sentencing in Ohio: Then, Now, and Now What?
The Ohio Criminal Sentencing Commission recommends SCF principles for deterring crime.
Impact of the Reform to Non-Custodial Sanctions in Chile
An evaluation of noncustodial sentences in Chile considers evidence from SCF probation in the United States.
The People of the State of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antonio Sanchez, Defendant-Appellant
A defendant in Illinois sought placement into SCF probation, which the State denied.
The Trap Chronicles, Vol. 2: A Call to Reconsider “Risk” in Federal Supervised Release
Argues for SCF responses to establish a sense of fairness in federal probation.
Do prisons need to be hellholes?
Argues for SCF responses as a more-effective deterrent than long prison sentences.
Understanding Resource Deprivation: A Multilevel Examination of the Impact County Deprivation Has on Community Supervision and Treatment Outcomes
Considers SCF responses among a complement of evidence-based practices for reducing recidivism.
New St Louis Co. (MO) program shortens jail stays for probation violators
St. Louis Co. using SCF jail sanctions.
Nine Members and Associates of a West Baltimore (MD) Drug-Trafficking Organization Are Indicted
A group-violence-reduction strategy in Baltimore uses SCF responses.
Correlates of Post-Traumatic Stress among Victimized Women on Probation and Parole
SCF jail sanctions should be reconsidered for women with victimization histories.
The Gift that Keeps Giving: Application of Contingency Management in Community Supervision Settings
Considers SCF responses to drug use in a contingency-management framework.
To end mass incarceration, focus on crime reduction
Effective decarceration will require SCF responses to offending.
A better way for Democrats to talk about rising crime
A comprehensive progressive approach to criminal justice should include SCF responses to low-level offenses.
Pandemic court closures could be driving high crime rates
SCF principles were put to the test during pandemic court closures.
Bridging the racial divide in sentencing in Black Hawk Co. (IA)
SCF probation is intended to reduce racial disparities in incarceration in Black Hawk Co.
Reducing Racial Inequality in Crime and Justice
SCF practices may reduce racial disparities in supervision outcomes.
NY Democrats can’t bail out of a crime debate
Argues for equal attention to the three pillars of SCF in the criminal-justice system.
From Successful Reentry to Stronger Communities (podcast)
SCF is among NIJ’s studies on community supervision.
Summit Co. (OH) Judge Amy Corrigall Jones to step down
The founding SCF judge in Summit Co. is leaving the bench.
The Gendered Effects of a Graduated Sanctions Model on Probation Outcomes in Kansas
SCF sanctions for probation violations in Kansas are likelier to yield carceral sanctions for women than for men.
No Credit for Time Served: The Fiscal and Equitable Problems with Wyoming’s Parole Statutes
Recommendations for reducing long carceral sanctions for parole violations in Wyoming.
Deny care to the unvaccinated? What the left and right can learn from the fight.
SCF responses can be effective in shaping non-criminal behaviors.
Homicides in Denver (CO): Nearly half of all recent arrests tied to person under supervision
Probation and parole officers in Denver struggle to determine sanctions for technical violations.
This candidate brings the right mix of toughness, experience to be Tarrant Co. (TX) DA
An SCF judge in Tarrant Co. is candidate for District Attorney.
The Limits of Recidivism: Measuring Success After Prison
Situates SCF in the literature on reentry and rehabilitation.
Monroe Co. (IN) Collaboration Plan
Monroe Co. probation using SCF incentives and sanctions.
The influential HOPE probation program is badly misnamed
Contends that SCF sanctions in Pennsylvania probation do not reduce recidivism.
Winnable criminal-justice reforms in 2022
Reviews carceral sanctions for technical supervision violations and argues for minimizing them.
High on Baltimore’s wish list: Better Maryland DPSCS supervision of parolees
Calls for SCF responses to parole violations in Maryland.
Predicting Drug Court Graduation: Examining the Role of Individual and Programmatic Characteristics
SCF sanctions in drug court associated with lower graduation rates.