Evaluation of Home Detention in South Australia: Report 1

Abstract

In February 2017, following the completion of a competitive tender process, DCS commissioned research to evaluate the impact of newly implemented changes to Home Detention in South Australia. The findings show that the reforms to court-ordered HD (COHD) and release-ordered HD (ROHD) had a demonstrable positive impact across multiple domains. In May 2020, DC commissioned the same team of researchers to conduct an independent evaluation of Home Detention, to provide a longitudinal assessment of the impact of legislative and program changes. This report presents findings for the program outcomes for a two-and-a-half year period from November 2018 (when the first evaluation project concluded) to June 2021