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A Tribute to Mark Kleiman (podcast)

A podcast episode on a key figure in SCF and his contribution to community corrections.

New developments in 24/7 Sobriety

Research reports, endorsements in the popular press, and a bill in Congress on SCF for repeat DUI offenders.

APPA National Standards for Community Supervision

The new American Probation and Parole Association standards include SCF principles and practices.

Justice Reinvestment in Kansas: Improving Supervision and Expanding Diversion

An analysis of parole in Kansas recommends, and a bill requires, adopting SCF rewards and sanctions.

Deterring Gun Violence: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in New York City

“Focused deterrence” in New York City entails SCF consequences for violating gun laws.

Harms of New Jersey State Parole Board technical violations: Reincarcerating people for minor infractions has a high cost for individuals and taxpayers

Calls for eliminating returns to prison for technical parole violations in New Jersey.

Specialty courts in Midland County (Mich.)

An SCF court in Michigan offers a chance to avoid prison.

Iowa has taken the lead on probation reform

Recommendations for probation reform in Iowa include SCF rewards for positive behavior.

Expanding Drug Courts and Alternative Justice Courts in West Virginia: Implementing Innovative and Restorative Justice Practices

Calls for introducing SCF responses in drug courts in West Virginia.

Colorado parole violations plunge 50% in 6 years as penalties lessen for drug, alcohol use

SCF responses to parole violations in Colorado have declined in recent years.

HOPE in Hawaii

The founder of HOPE aims to reinstate it on Oahu.

Fix football refereeing with legal theory: We could be doing this so much smarter

A civil-rights lawyer argues that SCF responses to infractions in soccer would improve the game.

Applying an Empirically Derived Effect Size Distribution to Benchmark the Practical Magnitude of Interventions to Reduce Recidivism in the USA

A systematic review of interventions aimed at reducing recidivism at the individual level includes SCF programs.

Ethical Issues in Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections

A scholar considers the ethics of SCF approaches in balancing the competing missions of community supervision.

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