Volume 70 Number 2
Federal Probation
 
     
     
 
References
Endnotes
 

Assessment with a Flair: Offender Accountability in Supervision Plans

What Community Supervision Officers Need to Know About Actuarial Risk Assessment and Clinical Judgment

Clinical Versus Actuarial Judgments in Criminal Justice Decisions: Should One replace the Other?

Overcoming Sisyphus: Effective Prediction of Mental Health Disorders and Recidivism Among Delinquents

Mental Illness in Correctional Populations: The Use of Standardized Screening Tools for Further Evaluation or Treatment

Risk Assessment and Sex Offender Community Supervision: A Context-Specific Framework

Validating the Level of Service Inventory—Revised on a Sample of Federal Probationers

Validation of the Risk and Resiliency Assessment Tool for Juveniles in the Los Angeles County probation System

Assessing the Role of Clinical and Actuarial Risk Assessment in an Evidence-Based Community Corrections System: Issues to Consider


Assessment with a Flair: Offender Accountability in Supervision Plans

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