Sponsor
This research was made possible through a grant award from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation.
Document Type
Report
Publication Date
8-31-2015
Subjects
Administration of criminal justice, Law enforcement, Washington (State). Department of Corrections, Alternatives to imprisonment, Criminals -- Rehabilitation, Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States
Abstract
In 2012, the Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC) embarked on an ambitious effort to restructure their community supervision model. These changes were driven by the passage of Senate Bill 6204, which created substantial operating changes to the Community Corrections Division (CCD) of the WADOC, including matching the level of supervision to offender’s risk level, utilizing evidence-based treatment and implementing swift and certain (yet moderate) jail sanctions for community supervision violations (Washington State Department of Corrections 2008; 2014). The Swift and Certain (SAC) policy was implemented in May of 2012, with the intent of expanding the HOPE model to a much broader community-based criminal justice population. Primarily, SAC was established to reduce confinement time for sanctions following a violation of supervision conditions. While maintaining a substantial focus on public safety, the Washington SAC program also sought to reduce correctional costs associated with short-term confinement for violation sanctioning. Through support by the Laura and John Arnold Foundation (LJAF), researchers at Washington State University (WSU) completed a multi-phase project to examine the implementation process and provide an outcome and cost-benefit evaluation of SAC.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/33497
Citation Details
Hamilton, Z., van Wormer, J., Kigerl, A., Campbell, C., & Posey, B. (2015). Evaluation of Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC) Swift and Certain (SAC) Policy Process, Outcome and Cost-Benefit Evaluation.