{"links":{"self":"http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DE260100738"},"data":{"type":"grant-details","id":"DE260100738","attributes":{"code":"DE260100738","administering-organisation":"Flinders University","announcement-administering-organisation":"Flinders University","scheme-name":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","grant-status":"Active","funding-commencement-year":2026,"years-funded":3,"project-start-date":"2026-01-01","anticipated-end-date":"2028-12-31","grant-summary":"Co-Designing and Testing a New Framework for Correctional Supervision. This project aims to investigate how we can reduce reoffending amongst people serving community sentences. It will design and test a novel supervision framework in the South Australian community corrections context. Significantly, and in a world first, it will engage end-users (people under supervision and correctional officers) to identify practices and mechanisms that most strongly support desistance from crime. This project will generate powerful new understandings of what drives sustained reductions in reoffending and will provide insights for correctional agencies to improve rehabilitative outcomes. A key benefit includes enhanced community safety via effective supervision of clients who have caused real harm to persons and property.","funding-current":531058.00,"funding-at-announcement":526828,"investigators-current":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Melissa","familyName":"de Vel-Palumbo","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0003-4765-4207 "}],"investigators-at-announcement":[{"title":"Dr","firstName":"Melissa","familyName":"de Vel-Palumbo","roleName":"Discovery Early Career Researcher Award","roleCode":"DECRA","isFellowship":true,"orcidIdentifier":"0000-0003-4765-4207 "}],"organisations-current":[{"organisationName":"Flinders University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"SA"}],"organisations-at-announcement":[{"organisationName":"Flinders University","roleName":"Administering Organisation","state":"SA"}],"field-of-research":[{"isPrimary":false,"code":"440202","name":"Correctional Theory, Offender Treatment and Rehabilitation","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":true,"code":"5201","name":"Applied and Developmental Psychology","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"520103","name":"Forensic Psychology","type":"FOR20"},{"isPrimary":false,"code":"520505","name":"Social Psychology","type":"FOR20"}],"socio-economic-objective":[{"code":"230402","name":"Crime Prevention","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"230403","name":"Criminal Justice","type":"SEO20"},{"code":"230408","name":"Rehabilitation and Correctional Services","type":"SEO20"}],"international-collaboration":["England","Germany","Scotland"],"lief-register":[],"achievement-summary":null,"national-interest-test-statement":"Up to half of people exiting the Australian correctional system reoffend within two years, lacking the critical support needed for effective rehabilitation. This negative cycle imposes substantial physical, emotional, and economic costs on victims, communities, and the justice system. An effective, evidence-based supervision model that enables safe rehabilitation in the community remains a critical gap in correctional theory and practice. This project will establish a robust theoretical and empirical basis for a desistance-based supervision approach, providing the knowledge needed to transform correctional practice in Australia. This research offers significant social and economic benefits, including improved supervision outcomes, reduced reoffending, lower justice sector costs, and safer communities. With the measurable costs of crime exceeding $47 billion per year, even a 5% reduction in reoffending could save over $2 billion per year. A targeted dissemination plan will ensure research findings reach researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and the public, facilitating real-world impact and policy reform."}}}