Program Profile: Hawaii Opportunity Probation with Enforcement (HOPE)

This is a community supervision strategy for substance-abusing probationers who have long histories of drug use and involvement with the criminal justice system and are considered at high risk of failing probation or returning to prison.

Evidence Rating: Promising | One study

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This is a community supervision strategy for substance-abusing probationers, particularly those who have long histories of drug use and involvement with the criminal justice system and are considered at high risk of failing probation or returning to prison. The program is rated Promising. Participants were less likely to miss appointments with probation officers, use drugs, and be arrested, compared with the control group. These differences were statistically significant.

A Promising rating implies that implementing the program may result in the intended outcome(s).

This program's rating is based on evidence that includes at least one high-quality randomized controlled trial.

Date Created: July 17, 2024
Program Snapshot

Age: 18+

Gender: Male, Female

Race/Ethnicity: White, Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Other

Geography: Suburban Urban Rural

Setting (Delivery): Other Community Setting, Courts

Program Type: Alternatives to Incarceration/Prison, Probation/Parole Services, Specific deterrence

Targeted Population: Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Offenders

Current Program Status: Active

Program Director:
Steven S. Alm
Judiciary State of Hawaii

Ka’ahumanu Hale, 777 Punchbowl Street
Honolulu, HI 96813
United States

Phone: 808.539.4646
Email

Researcher:
Angela Hawken
Associate Professor
School of Public Policy, Pepperdine University

24255 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90263
United States

Phone: 310.506.7608
Website(link is external)
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