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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
Mental Illness in Correctional Populations: The Use of Standardized Screening Tools for Further Evaluation or Treatment Risk Assessment, Mental Health September 2006
Mental Retardation and the Death Penalty Sentencing, Mental Health June 2005
Methodological Challenges to the Study and Understanding of Solitary Confinement Prison December 2015
Mock Job Fairs in Prison--Tracking Participants Employment/Workforce Dev, Prison June 2000
Monetary Costs and Benefits of Correctional Treatment Programs: Implications for Offender Reentry Reentry September 2004
Monitoring Prescription Medication Use Among Substance-Abusing Offenders Substance Use June 1998
Motivational Interviewing for Community Corrections: Expanding a Relationship-based Approach with Exemplar Implementation Evidence-based Practices, Implementation September 2020
Motivational Interviewing for Probation Officers: Tipping the Balance Toward Change Evidence-based Practices, Supervision June 2006
Motivational Interviewing for Probation Staff: Increasing the Readiness to Change (Part I) Evidence-based Practices, Probation December 2005
Motivational Interviewing Training in Criminal Justice: Development of a Model Plan Evidence-based Practices, Probation September 2008
Moving Past Arbitrary Bail: A Proposal for More Deliberative Pretrial Decision-Making Disparity, Pretrial December 2022
Moving Towards a Federal Criminal Justice "System" Prison, Substance Use, Probation September 2003
Multicultural Competencies in Probation: Issues and Challenges Probation June 2004
Multicultural Implications of Restorative Juvenile Justice Juveniles, Restorative justice December 1999
National Public Registry of Active-Warrants: A Policy Proposal Prison June 2015
National Surveys of State Paroling Authorities: Models of Service Delivery Parole June 2010
National Variation in Fieldwork Goals, Training, and Activities Probation, Supervision December 2017
New Defendants, New Responsibilities: Preventing Suicide among Alleged Sex Offenders in the Federal Pretrial System Mental Health, Pretrial September 2009
New Directions in Juvenile Sex Offender Management: Designing a Collaborative Approach Juveniles, Sex Offenders December 2009
Offender Workforce Development Specialists and Their Impact on the Post-Release Outcomes of Ex-Offenders Employment/Workforce Dev December 2012
Offender Workforce Development: A New (and Better?) Approach to an Old Challenge Employment/Workforce Dev September 2008
Officer Stress Linked to CVD: What We Know Mental Health, Training June 2013
Operation Spotlight: The Community Probation-Community Police Team Process Probation, Supervision December 1998
Operationalizing a Behavioral Health Services Cascade of Care Model: Lessons Learned from a 33-Site Implementation in Juvenile Justice Community Supervision Juveniles, Program Evaluation, Substance Use September 2019
Organizational Change in the Heartland of Opportunity Evidence-based Practices, Management, Supervision September 2008