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USDOJ Strategic Plan
DOJ’s plan addresses technical supervision violations.
New Mexico SCF Reforms Proposed
New Mexico governor vetoed bill that provided for SCF responses to probation and parole violations.
Incentives for Supervision Compliance
A growing number of states are including SCF incentives and rewards in their behavior-response grids.
Wisconsin DOC Community Corrections Program Audit
An audit of Wisconsin probation and parole recommends a comprehensive review of sanctions policies to include SCF.
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.
24/7 Sobriety
24/7 Sobriety, an SCF approach to supervising repeat DUI offenders, is growing nationally.
SCF Incentives
Incentives and rewards are an essential complement to sanctions in SCF supervision.
Promoting Success on Community Supervision: Strategies for Improving Outcomes and Reducing Revocations
Compares supervision practices, including SCF, in four states.
An Empirical Approach to a Standard Practice: Drug Testing
Considers whether frequent, random drug testing in SCF supervision is an effective deterrent.
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.
Hawaiʻi HOPE news
Challenges for HOPE probation in Hawaiʻi and bills to address them.
Pennsylvania SCF news
Proposed and recommended changes to make probation in Pennsylvania more SCF.
Desistance-Focused Criminal Justice Practice
SCF in the context of deterrence-based and procedural-justice-based approaches.
Community Supervision & Public Safety
A review of the literature on SCF for substance use in community corrections, with policy recommendations.
Michigan Swift & Sure news
Michigan’s statewide SCF probation program annual report and local news.
UK white paper: Swift, Certain, Tough: New Consequences for Drug Possession
The UK government proposes swift and certain police and sentencing responses to drug offenses.