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Swift and certain sanctions: Is it time for Australia to bring some HOPE into the criminal justice system?
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Bartels, LM, Swift and certain sanctions: Is it time for Australia to bring some HOPE into the criminal justice system?, Criminal Law Journal, 39 pp. 53-66. ISSN 0314-1160 (2015) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
This article examines the Hawaii’s Opportunity Probation with Enforcement
(HOPE) Program, first piloted in Hawaii in 2004, to determine whether it would
be suitable for adoption in the Australian context. The article commences with
an overview of the origins and operation of the HOPE program. It then
considers the findings of outcome evaluations of the program, which demonstrated
greater reductions in drug use and reoffending and fewer days in prison
compared with the control group. The findings of a process evaluation,
including the perspectives of probation officers, judicial officers, court staff and
offenders, are also discussed. Other programs in the United States which also
deliver swift and certain sanctions are considered. The article then examines
current and future projects and research. The article acknowledges some of
the concerns with programs of this nature, but concludes by calling for
Australia to adopt an appropriately funded and evaluated pilot project based on
the HOPE model.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Research Division: | Law and Legal Studies |
Research Group: | Law in context |
Research Field: | Criminal law |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in law and legal studies |
UTAS Author: | Bartels, LM (Ms Lorana Bartels) |
ID Code: | 105499 |
Year Published: | 2015 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 10 |
Deposited By: | Faculty of Law |
Deposited On: | 2016-01-06 |
Last Modified: | 2016-08-23 |
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