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Federal Probation Journal

Federal Probation Journal, published each June, September, and December, presents current thought, research, and practice in corrections, community supervision, and criminal justice.

Article Title Topic Date
Community Corrections Professionals' Views of Sex Offenders, Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification and Residency Restrictions Sex Offenders December 2011
DWI Recidivism: Risk Implications for Community Supervision Substance Use, Risk Assessment December 2011
Effective Supervision Strategies: Do Frequent Changes of Supervision Officers Affect Probationer Outcomes? Supervision, Probation December 2011
Juvenile Probation Officers: How the Perception of Roles Affects Training Experiences for Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Evidence-based Practices, Juveniles, Probation December 2011
Identifying the Predictors of Pretrial Failure: A Meta-Analysis Pretrial September 2011
Preentry: The Key to Success Evidence-based Practices, Pretrial September 2011
Federal Reentry Court Programs: A Summary of Recent Evaluations Federal Courts, Substance Use, Mental Health September 2011
A Random (Almost) Study of Staff Training Aimed at Reducing Re-arrest (STARR): Reducing Recidivism through Intentional Design Evidence-based Practices, Supervision, Training September 2011
Applying Implementation Research to Improve Community Corrections Evidence-based Practices, Supervision September 2011
Training to see Risk: Measuring the Accuracy of Clinical and Actuarial Risk Assessments among Federal Probation Officers Risk Assessment, Training September 2011
The Development of the Evidence-Based Practice Blue Print and Where We Are Now Evidence-based Practices September 2011
Judge-Involved Supervision Programs in the Federal Courts: Summary of Findings From the Survey of Chief United States Probation Officers Federal Courts, Substance Use, Mental Health September 2011
Implementing Risk Assessment in the Federal Pretrial Services System Pretrial, Risk Assessment September 2011
The Construction and Validation of the Federal Post Conviction Risk Assessment (PCRA) PCRA, Risk Assessment September 2011
Who Cares What Offenders Think? New Insight from Offender Surveys Supervision, Probation September 2011
Goodbye to a Worn-Out Dichotomy: Law Enforcement, Social Work, and a Balanced Approach Probation, Supervision, Evidence-based Practices September 2011
We're Back on Track: Preparing for the Next 50 Years Federal Courts, History of probation, Pretrial, Probation September 2011
Examining Prevailing Beliefs about People with Serious Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System Mental Health June 2011
Looking at the Law: An Updated Look at the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination in Post-Conviction Supervision Federal Courts, Supervision June 2011
Organizational Readiness in Corrections Prison June 2011
Prosecution by Military Commission versus Federal Criminal Court: A Comparative Analysis Federal Courts June 2011
Beyond the Prison Bubble Prison June 2011
Exploring the Moderating Effects of Mental Illness on Parole Release Decisions Mental Health June 2011
Alcohol--Still the Forgotten Legal Drug Substance Use, Supervision December 2010
A Pilot Survey Linking Personality, Leadership Style, and Leadership Success among Probation Directors in the U.S. Management, Probation December 2010