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New Pennsylvania probation guidelines for people living with SUD a promising start
Some Pennsylvania probation departments are reducing the use of carceral sanctions for violation of drug-testing...
Should Americans who misuse alcohol lose the “license to drink”? Here’s how it could work.
An op-ed argues for SCF rewards and sanctions for repeat alcohol offenders.
Safer, Smarter, and Cheaper: The Promise of Targeted Home Confinement with Electronic Monitoring
A think tank argues for federal probation to incorporate SCF responses to supervision violations.
America is failing some of its most vulnerable. Here’s a better approach to dealing with addiction.
An essay calls for fewer supervision conditions for drug use, with SCF rewards and sanctions.
SCORR helps at Ronald McDonald House in Summit Co. (Ohio)
Participants in a BJA-grantee SCF-probation program in Akron volunteer in the community.
Promoting Judicial Remarks that Might Serve as Informal Recommendation Letters
Argues that SCF supervision is consistent with principles of therapeutic justice.
Reentry Research at NIJ: Providing Robust Evidence for High-Stakes Decision-Making
Research review notes the challenges of replicating supervision programs, including HOPE.
The End of American Exceptionalism: An Enlightened Corrections
Essay opposes SCF principles as anti-Enlightenment.
Key Considerations for Pre-Arrest Diversion Programs
Notes that SCF sanctions and rewards in drug courts reduce violations.
Alaska DOC Recidivism Reduction Joint Annual Report FY2022
Alaska DOC collaborates with other justice agencies in SCF probation.
Q&A: New Mexico House candidate Joy Garratt
Candidate for the New Mexico House of Representatives calls for SCF principles throughout justice sy...
Stricter Community Supervision, More Recidivism? An Ego-Depletion Theory.
Study of supervision strictness notes that most supervision research focuses on violation responses,...
Strong alliances could put a dent in the meth epidemic
Op-ed calls for SCF in California probation to address methamphetamine use.
Voters care about crime. Here’s what lawmakers should do about it.
Think tank calls for SCF supervision to promote public safety.
Sustaining the EBDM Model: The Indiana Story
Grant County, Indiana, reduced recidivism by using SCF principles, among others.
A Rapid Review of Literature on Factors Associated with Adult Probation Revocations
SCF probation in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, is cited as successful in reducing revocations.
About 10 years later, opinions still divided on efficacy of West Virginia graduated sanctions
West Virginia probation provides for SCF sanctions for substance-use violations.
Oregon bill would let more people qualify to end post-DOC supervision early
Bill provides for SCF incentives for people on post-prison supervision in Oregon.
Improving Outcomes and Safely Reducing Revocations from Community Supervision in Montana
An evaluation of Montana probation and parole violations finds that sanction guidelines are unevenly...
Improving Outcomes and Safely Reducing Revocations from Parole Supervision in Colorado
An evaluation of Colorado parole violations finds that many available SCF responses are little used.
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