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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
Skills and Training in British Probation: A Tale of Neglect and Possible Revival Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Training September 2013
Sober and Socially Responsible: A Two-Pronged Approach to Treating Federal Offenders Substance Use December 2000
STARR Skill Use and Supervision Outcomes Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Supervision June 2024
State of the System: Federal Probation and Pretrial Services Federal Courts, Pretrial, Probation September 2015
State Sentencing Guidelines: A Garden Full of Variety Federal Courts, Sentencing September 2017
Street-level Discretion and Organizational Effectiveness in Probation Services Management, Probation, Supervision June 2016
Strength-Based Practice: The ABC'S oF Working with Adolescents Who Don't Want to Work With You Juveniles June 1998
Student Interns: Are They Worth the Bother? Management June 1999
Substance Use and Misuse among Justice-Involved Persons: Practice Guidelines for Probation Staff Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Substance Use June 2022
Successful Mentoring in a Correctional Environment Management, Training December 1998
Successful Strategies for Reforming Juvenile Detention Juveniles, Prison December 1999
Supervised Release in Post-Reform New York: An Exploratory Analysis Disparity, Pretrial December 2022
Supervising Officers in an Evidence-Based Environment: The Role of the Supervisor as a Coach and Officers as Change Agents Evidence-based Practices, Supervision September 2023
Supervising the Cyber Criminal Cybercrime September 2001
Supervision Fees: State Policies and Practice Fines, Fees, and Restitution, Probation, Supervision June 2012
Supervision of Sex Offenders: A Multi-Faceted Approach Sex Offenders, Supervision September 2010
Supervision: Exploring the Dimensions of Effectiveness Evidence-based Practices, Supervision September 2002
Surfing the Three Waves of CBT in Community Supervision Evidence-based Practices, Probation December 2021
Survey of U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Agencies' Adaptations to COVID-19 Pretrial, Probation June 2021
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
Targeting for Reentry: Inclusion/Exclusion Criteria Across Eight RPI Programs Reentry September 2004
Technical Revocations of Probation in One Jurisdiction: Uncovering the Hidden Realities Probation, Supervision December 2014
Technology Forecast for the Federal Judiciary Federal Courts September 2001
Ten Things Risk/Needs Assessment Is Not Evidence-based Practices, Risk Assessment June 2023
Ten Years Gone: Leveraging Second Chance Act 2.0 to Improve Outcomes Post Conviction, Supervision June 2019