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Returns on investments in recidivism-reducing programs
The White House Council of Economic Advisers includes SCF in its evidence base on criminal-justice substance-abuse...
Swift, Certain and Fair Justice: Insights from Behavioural Learning and Neurocognitive Research
Paper considers SCF from a behavioral learning and neurocognitive perspective.
Killing drug dealers won’t stop the opioid epidemic
Argues that SCF supervision for drug offenders is a stronger deterrent than severe but delayed sente...
More Imprisonment Does Not Reduce State Drug Problems
Argues that SCF supervision is more effective than prison for drug offenders.
Minimally Sufficient Deterrence
Examines HOPE in the context of focused deterrence.
Swift, Certain and Fair: Does Project HOPE Provide a Therapeutic Paradigm for Managing Offenders?
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Kentucky HB396: CJPAC Justice Reinvestment Bill
A bill in Kentucky requires SCF probation and parole sanctions, in order to reduce its prison popula...
Reducing Recidivism and Improving Programming in the San Francisco Adult Probation Department
San Francisco (CA) probation uses SCF rewards and sanctions to reduce technical violations.
Louisiana’s 2017 Criminal Justice Reforms
An omnibus law in Louisiana includes SCF probation.
Pathways to Justice–Inquiry into the Incarceration Rate of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples
Examines whether SCF is suited to community supervision in Australia.
The Politics, Promise, and Peril of Criminal Justice Reform in the Context of Mass Incarceration
Considers SCF as a factor in expanding carceral state power.
The Monetary Benefits and Costs of Community Supervision
Considers variations in effectiveness of SCF implementations.
The Partially Clothed Emperor: Evidence-Based Practices
Considers SCF responses to noncompliance in justice settings.
Lessons to Be Drawn from U.S. Drug Control Policies
Argues that SCF is broadly successful but not a one-size-fits all approach.
Ionia-Montcalm (Michigan) Drug Court busier than ever due to opioid crisis
Swift and Sure probation in Michigan in cooperation with counseling and drug court.
Probation extended for former Michigan court employee
When a probation employee becomes a probationer, in Berrien Co. (MI).
Developments and Challenges in Probation Practice: Is There a Way Forward for Establishing Effective and Sustainable Probation Systems?
Considers how HOPE relates to procedural justice.
Contingency Management Programs in Corrections: Another Panacea?
HOPE as a program of threats and how immediate is “immediate”?
HOPE Probation: A New Path to Desistance?
Understanding HOPE as a desistance framework.
How Powerful Is the Evidence in Criminology? On Whether We Should Fear a Coming Crisis of Confidence
Argues for exercising caution in the adoption of policies based on a single study, with HOPE and SCF...
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