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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
The Prevalence of Local Criminal Justice Practices Evidence-based Practices, Pretrial June 2020
The Probation and Pretrial Services Automated Case Tracking System: A Review of Operations Federal Courts June 1998
The Probationer's Perspective on the Probation Officer-Probationer Relationship and Satisfaction with Probation Probation, Supervision June 2012
The Re-validation of the Federal Pretrial Services Risk Assessment (PTRA) Pretrial, Risk Assessment September 2012
The Real-World Application of the Risk Principle: Is It Possible in the Field of Probation? Evidence-based Practices, PCRA September 2016
The Rising Federal Pretrial Detention Rate, in Context Pretrial, Supervision September 2018
The Role of Prerelease Handbooks for Prisoner Reentry Reentry June 2006
The Role of Probation and Parole Officers in the Collaborative Response to Sex Offenders Sex Offenders, Probation, Parole June 2010
The Role of Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation in Evidence-Based "Real World" Community Supervision Evidence-based Practices, Supervision June 2010
The Role of the Federal Probation Officer in the Guidelines Sentencing System Sentencing, Probation December 2001
The State of Sex Offender Probation Supervision in Texas Sex Offenders, Supervision June 2002
The Strengths Perspective: A Paradigm for Correctional Counseling Probation June 1999
The Supervision of Low-risk Offenders: How the Low-risk Policy Has Changed Federal Supervision Practices without Compromising Community Safety Risk Assessment, Supervision, Evidence-based Practices June 2016
The Trials and Tribulations of Implementing What Works: Training Rarely Trumps Values Evidence-based Practices, Training September 2013
The Unique Circumstances of Native American Juveniles Under Federal Supervision Juveniles, Indian Country December 1999
The Use of Location Monitoring at the Post-Conviction Stage of Supervision Location Monitoring, Probation December 2021
The Validity of TCU Drug Screen 5 for Identifying Substance Use Disorders among Justice-Involved Youth Juveniles, Program Evaluation, Substance Use September 2019
The Vexing Dilemma of Character-Based Units (CBUs) in Prison Prison September 2023
Theory and Practice of Probation on Bail in the Report of John Augustus History of probation December 2002
Therapeutic Community Treatment May Reduce Future Incarceration--A Research Note Substance Use December 2001
There May Not Be a Tomorrow: Immediacy, Motivational Interviewing, and Opioid Intervention Courts Evidence-based Practices, Substance Use September 2022
Three Strikes and You're Out: An Investigation of False Positive Rates Using a Canadian Sample Prison June 2000
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
Towards an Empirical and Theoretical Understanding of Offender Reinforcement and Punishment Supervision, Evidence-based Practices June 2015
Trademarks, Press Releases, and Policy: Will Rigorous Research Get in the Way? Evidence-based Practices June 2016