It varies. In Calgary, we accept people sentenced from one to three years. However, in Ottawa, our program is only for people with a less than two-year sentence. In general, this is for rather minor offences.
Yes, we have recently discovered, in Vancouver and Winnipeg, that the success rate was higher for people charged with more serious offences. It is related to the motivation issue mentioned by Mr. MacKenzie. According to that theory, the more serious the sentence is, the more people are motivated .