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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
A Review of Probation Home Visits: What Do We Know? Probation, Supervision December 2013
Exit Status of Probationers and Prison-Bound Offenders in an Electronic Monitoring Home Detention Program: A Comparative Study Location Monitoring, Probation December 2013
Use of Engagement Skills in Community Corrections for High-Risk Offenders Supervision, Evidence-based Practices December 2013
Targeting Antisocial Attitudes in Community Supervision Using the EPICS Model: An Examination of Change Scores on the Criminal Sentiment Scale Evidence-based Practices, Supervision December 2013
After the Fall: Assessing the Impact of the Great Prison Experiment on Future Crime Control Policy Prison, Criminology December 2013
Using Quality Improvement Models in Correctional Organizations Evidence-based Practices, Management September 2013
Skills and Training in British Probation: A Tale of Neglect and Possible Revival Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Training September 2013
Early Termination of Supervision: No Compromise to Community Safety Supervision September 2013
Too Many Going Back, Not Enough Getting Out? Supervision Violators, Probation Supervision, and Overcrowding in the Federal Bureau of Prisons Supervision, Probation, Prison September 2013
Introduction to Federal Probation Special Focus on Implementing Evidence-Based Practices Evidence-based Practices, Probation September 2013
The Demands on Probation Officers in the Evolution of Evidence-Based Practice: The Forgotten Foot Soldier of Community Corrections Evidence-based Practices, Probation September 2013
The Trials and Tribulations of Implementing What Works: Training Rarely Trumps Values Evidence-based Practices, Training September 2013
Reducing Recidivism Through Probation Supervision: What We Know and Don't Know from Four Decades of Research Evidence-based Practices, Supervision, Training September 2013
Changing Probation Officer Attitudes: Training Experience, Motivation, and Possible Revival Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Training September 2013
Capitalizing on Collaboration in Arizona: Working Together to Advance the Use of Evidence-Based Officer Skills at All Levels of Community Corrections Evidence-based Practices, Training September 2013
7 Keys to "Make EBPs Stick": Lessons From the Field Evidence-based Practices, Training September 2013
Overcoming Legal Barriers to Reentry: A Law School-Based Approach to Providing Legal Services to the Reentry Community Reentry, Supervision September 2013
Extending Our Knowledge About Recidivism of Persons on Federal Supervision Supervision September 2013
Coaching: The True Path to Proficiency, From an Officer's Perspective Evidence-based Practices, Training September 2013
Creating a Supervision Tool Kit: How to Improve Probation and Parole Supervision, Evidence-based Practices, Training June 2013
Officer Stress Linked to CVD: What We Know Mental Health, Training June 2013
Community Management of Offenders: The Interaction of Social Support and Risk Supervision June 2013
Policy Implications of Police-Probation/Parole Partnerships: A Review of the Empirical Literature Probation, Parole June 2013
Using Research to Improve Pretrial Justice and Public Safety: Results from PSA's Risk Assessment Validation Project Pretrial, Risk Assessment June 2013
Inmates Who Receive Visits in Prison: Exploring Factors that Predict Prison December 2012