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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 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
Training During a Pandemic: The Federal Probation and Pretrial Academy's Journey into a Virtual World Pretrial, Probation, Training June 2021
Training Federal Probation Officers as Mental Health Specialists Mental Health, Supervision December 2004
Training Juvenile Probation Officers: National Trends and Practice Juveniles December 2000
Training Parole Agents: How Prior Criminal Justice Work Shapes Attitudes and Beliefs Parole, Supervision, Training December 2020
Training the Substance Abuse Specialist Substance Use, Training December 2000
Training to see Risk: Measuring the Accuracy of Clinical and Actuarial Risk Assessments among Federal Probation Officers Risk Assessment, Training September 2011
Transportation Strategies of Female Offenders Responsivity, Supervision December 2016
Traumatized by Association: The Risk of Working Sex Crimes Sex Offenders September 2010
Treatment Research in Oz--Is Randomization the Ideal or Just Somewhere Over the Rainbow? Substance Use September 2003
Treatment Retention: A Theory of Post-Release Supervision for the Substance-Abusing Offender Substance Use December 2004
Trends in the Criminality and Victimization of the Elderly Criminology June 2016
TRIAD Drug Treatment Evaluation Project Substance Use December 2001
Turnover Intention among Probation Officers and Direct Care Staff: A Statewide Study Management, Probation December 2009
U.S. Pretrial Services: A Place in History History of probation, Pretrial September 2015
U.S. Pretrial Services: A Place in History History of probation, Pretrial September 2012
U.S. Probation/Pretrial Officers' Concerns About Victimization and Safety Training Pretrial, Probation June 2000