An Assessment of SAFE (Swift Accountable Fair Enforcement) in Cochise County

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Behavior
• Interventions: Behavioral: Probation as usual; Behavioral: Deferred Jail; Behavioral: Arizona's SAFE

• Registration Number: NCT01359137
• Lead Sponsor: Pepperdine University

Brief Summary

This is a Cochise County experiment with innovative probation supervision practices. Subjects are assigned to one of three supervision conditions.

Detailed Description

Historically, rates of failure on routine probation have been high. The result is that large numbers of probationers are ultimately revoked from probation and sentenced to long underlying jail or prison terms. Arizona is experimenting with alternatives to routine probation with the goal of reducing the overall burden of incarceration. Cochise County in Arizona is experimenting with innovative probation supervision practices. Subjects are assigned to one of three supervision conditions: Probation-as-usual (routine supervision with no deferred jail); discretionary deferred jail in response to probation violations; and Arizona's Swift, Accountable, Fair, Enforcement, or SAFE (SAFE involves non-discretionary deferred jail in response to probation violations).

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-01
• Study First Submitted: 2011-05-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-05-23
• Study First Posted: 2011-05-24
• Primary Completion: 2012-06
• Study Completion: 2012-08
• Status Verified: 2018-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-04-06
• Last Update Posted: 2018-04-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 105

Inclusion Criteria

• Supervised on probation in Cochise County
• Residing in Cochise County

Exclusion Criteria

• First-time marijuana possession cases

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Probation as usual	Probation as usual	Routine supervision with no deferred jail condition.
Deferred jail	Deferred Jail	Discretionary deferred jail in response to violations of probation conditions.
Arizona's SAFE	Arizona's SAFE	Swift Accountable Fair Enforcement (SAFE) which uses non-discretionary brief jail sanctions for probation violations.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Revocation rate	12 months	Percentage of subjects in each condition who are revoked from probation and returned to jail or prison.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
New arrests	12 months	Number of new arrests
% positive drug tests	12 months	Percentage of random and scheduled drug tests that test positive for illicit drugs
% Missed appointments	12 months	Percentage of probation appointments that are missed
Days incarcerated	12 months	Total number of days incarcerated in jail and prison

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Cochise County Adult Probation Department; 🇺🇸 Bisbee, Arizona, United States