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2 Crim. Just. 5 (2002)

handle is hein.journals/crmcj2 and id is 1 raw text is: ARTICLES Criminal justice Q 2002 SAGE Publications London, Thousand Oaks and New Delhi. 1466-8025(200202) 2:1; Vol. 2(1): 5-25; 022527 'Something from nothing': Shifting credibility in community correctional programmes in Australia MARK ISRAEL AND JOHN DAWES Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia Abstract Growth in the number and size of community corrections programmes in Australia has occurred despite concerns about the value of those programmes. In this article, we examine the debate that took place among researchers and practitioners about the credibility of community corrections following Martinson's apparent assertion in 1974 that 'nothing works' and investigate what little is known about the confidence that various groups in Australia are prepared to place in such programmes. Key Words * Australia * community corrections * credibility * 'nothing works' Introduction In 1998, the Australian Labor Party in Victoria announced its interest in following the rest of Australia by developing a back-end home detention scheme if it came into government (Heggie, 1999). The scheme would be aimed at low-risk offenders and was justified, variously, as a low-cost sentencing option that could reduce pressures on Victorian prisons, low- ering reoffending and institutionalization. In November 2000, having won the state election, the Labor government announced its intention to in- troduce legislation to enable a three-year trial to begin in 2001.1 The scheme has been consistently derided by the Liberal Party in Victoria. In government in 1999, Liberal Premier Kennett rejected the idea, declaring he had 'never heard of a more preposterous idea' - 'Strewth, 5

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