http://www.nij.gov/topics/corrections/community/drug-offenders/pages/hawaii-hope.aspx/ http://www.nij.gov/topics/corrections/community/drug-offende... This is

http://www.nij.gov/topics/corrections/community/drug-offenders/pages/hawaii-hope.aspx/ http://www.nij.gov/topics/corrections/community/drug-offende... This is the same idea applied to people on probation. The short overview - typcally when people on probation commit an infraction (fail a drug test, fail to meet probation officer) there's no consequence the first time, or the second or the third. Far down the line the consequence happens - the person goes back to jail for a couple of monthes or years. The alternative method this program uses is that the first problem results in going back to jail - but for a short period of time, the way I read about it was on the order of a weekend. As it turns out immediate inconvenience is way more effective then a long term possibility of justice coming down on you like a ton of bricks. Like the first poster said this is about way more then just drunk driving. I think it's about more then just criminal justice.