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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
First Step Act, COVID-19, and the Future of Location Monitoring Location Monitoring June 2021
First Count to Ten: Innovation and Implementation in Juvenile Reintegration Programs Reentry, Juveniles September 2004
Fidelity to Evidence-based Practice: Our Obligation to Effective Supervision and Service Delivery Evidence-based Practices, Implementation September 2020
Fidelity in Evidence-based Practices in Jail Settings Prison, Program Evaluation, Substance Use September 2019
Female Offenders--Walking Through Enhanced Supervision Supervision December 2001
Federal Supervised Release Revocation for Drug Use: The Rest of the Story Recidivism, Supervision June 2019
Federal Strategies of Juvenile and Adult Pre-Service Trainees Juveniles June 2002
Federal Sentencing Policy: Role of the Judicial Conference of the United States and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Federal Courts, Sentencing September 2017
Federal Reentry Court Programs: A Summary of Recent Evaluations Federal Courts, Substance Use, Mental Health September 2011
Federal Probation Joins the World of DNA Collection Federal Courts June 2002
Federal Probation During the Second World War--Part Two History of probation December 2003
Federal Pretrial Release and the Detention Reduction Outreach Program (DROP) Evidence-based Practices, Pretrial, Supervision September 2018
Federal Presentence Investigation Report: A National Survey Criminal Justice System, Presentence December 2019
Federal Post-Conviction Supervision Outcomes: Rearrests and Revocations Revocation, Supervision September 2023
Federal Post-Conviction Supervision Outcomes: Arrests and Revocations Supervision, Probation, Federal Courts June 2014
Federal Government's Program in Attacking the Problem of Prostitution History of probation December 2003
Federal Criminal Filings and Postconviction Supervision Supervision December 2009
Families and Children of Offenders Who Return Home Reentry June 2005
False Positives, False Negatives, and False Analyses: A Rejoinder to "Machine Bias: There's Software Used Across the Country to Predict Future Criminals. And It's Biased Against Blacks." Risk Assessment September 2016
Faith-Based Approaches for Controlling the Delinquency of Juvenile Offenders Juveniles June 2007
Facilitating Self-exploration and Behavioral Change Associated with HIV Risk Reduction: A Qualitative Study of Individuals on Probation and Their Experiences Using a Decision-making App Probation, Program Evaluation September 2019
Extralegal Factors and the Imposition of Lifetime Supervised Release for Child Pornography Offenders Sex Offenders, Sentencing, Federal Courts June 2016
Extending Our Knowledge About Recidivism of Persons on Federal Supervision Supervision September 2013
Exploring the Moderating Effects of Mental Illness on Parole Release Decisions Mental Health June 2011
Exploring Probation and Parole Records Using Natural Language Processing: A Case Study of Supervisory Condition Notes Criminal Justice System, 1 Month December 2023