The traditional US heroin market has transformed into a broader illegal opioid market,
dominated first by prescription opioids (PO) and now also by fentanyl and other synthetic …

Abstract Research Summary Originated nearly two decades ago in Hawaii by Judge Steven
Alm, a community supervision‐court model known as “Project HOPE” proposed to reduce …

Research Summary More than 1,500 probationers in four sites were randomly assigned to
probation as usual (PAU) or to Honest Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE) …

A crisis of confidence has struck the behavioral and social sciences. A key factor driving the
crisis is the low levels of statistical power in many studies. Low power is problematic …

Research Summary This study used a randomized controlled trial approach with a sample of
400 high‐risk probationers to test the hypothesis that a program incorporating principles of …

Celerity—meaning the swiftness of punishment—is arguably the most overlooked element of
deterrence theory. Scholars often neglect discussing it, at least in part, because of the …

Florida State University roject HOPE (Hawaii's Opportunity Probation and Enforcement
program) was invented by a judge who cared about offenders. It was evaluated by …

On the basis of limited empirical evidence, advocates of Project HOPE (Hawaii's Opportunity
Probation with Enforcement) have succeeded in spreading the model to a reported 31 states …

The evidence-based practices literature has defined a core set of practices and treatments
that are effective, at least in empirical studies. Implementing these evidence-based practices …

Conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) can be an ideal way to avoid omitted
variable and selection biases that complicate other research designs. However, the way that …