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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 National Response to a Global Pandemic in a Decentralized System Pretrial, Probation June 2021
A New York City Version of Correctional Boot Camp: An Overview Prison June 1998
A Pilot Survey Linking Personality, Leadership Style, and Leadership Success among Probation Directors in the U.S. Management, Probation December 2010
A Pretest-Posttest Evaluation of Academy Training and Fear of Beginning a Correctional Officer Career Prison, Training September 2023
A Protocol for Comprehensive Hostage Negotiation Training Within Correctional Institutions Prison, Training December 2007
A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of a Model of Community Supervision Supervision, Evidence-based Practices December 2015
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
A Rejoinder to Dressel and Farid: New Study Finds Computer Algorithm Is More Accurate Than Humans at Predicting Arrest and as Good as a Group of 20 Lay Experts Evidence-based Practices, Risk Assessment September 2018
A Review of Probation Home Visits: What Do We Know? Probation, Supervision December 2013
A Successful Reintegration into the Community--One NGRI Acquittee's Story Mental Health December 2002
A Theoretical Basis for Handling Technical Violations Probation December 2003
A Tribute to Edward J. Latessa: The Change Maker Criminal Justice System, Evidence-based Practices, Risk Assessment, Supervision September 2022
A Viable Alternative? Alternatives to Incarceration Across Several Federal Districts Pretrial, Supervision June 2019
A View From Outside In Pretrial September 2007
Accomplishments in Juvenile Probation in California Over the Last Decade Juveniles, Probation June 2006
Accountability and Collaboration: Strengthening Our System Through Office Reviews Supervision, Probation December 2015
Addressing Legal Aspects of Implementation Challenges from Expanded Use of Home Confinement and Compassionate Release Courts, Implementation, Location Monitoring December 2020
Addressing Responsivity Issues with Criminal Justice-Involved Native Americans Responsivity, Indian Country, Supervision September 2014
Adhering to the Risk and Need Principles: Does It Matter for Supervision-based Programs? Evidence-based Practices, Supervision December 2006
Adult Offenders in a Day Reporting Center Supervision June 2002
After the Fall: Assessing the Impact of the Great Prison Experiment on Future Crime Control Policy Prison, Criminology December 2013
AI in Corrections: The Basics and a Way to Experiment Criminal Justice System, 1 Month December 2023
Alcohol--Still the Forgotten Legal Drug Substance Use, Supervision December 2010
All Hands on Deck! Toward a Reentry-Centered Vision of Federal Probation Reentry, Supervision December 2020
All Implementation Is Local: Initial Findings from the Process Evaluation of the Honest Opportunity Probation with Enforecment (HOPE) Demonstration Field Experiment Supervision, Probation June 2015