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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
Using Quality Improvement Models in Correctional Organizations Evidence-based Practices, Management September 2013
Using Research to Improve Pretrial Justice and Public Safety: Results from PSA's Risk Assessment Validation Project Pretrial, Risk Assessment June 2013
Utah Presentence Investigation Reports: User Group Perceptions of Quality and Effectiveness Sentencing June 2000
Validating the Level of Services Inventory--Revised on a Sample of Federal Probationers Risk Assessment September 2006
Validation of the Risk and Resiliency Assessment Tool for Juveniles in the Los Angeles County Probation System Risk Assessment, Juveniles September 2006
Validity and Utility of the Kentucky Sex Offender Registry Sex Offenders June 2002
Valuing Evaluation Evidence-based Practices September 2002
Violence and Gun Violence among Justice-Involved Persons: Practice Guidelines for Probation Staff Evidence-based Practices, Probation June 2022
Warning: Sex Offenders Need to be Supervised in the Community Sex Offenders June 2008
We're Back on Track: Preparing for the Next 50 Years Federal Courts, History of probation, Pretrial, Probation September 2011
What Community Supervision Officers Need to Know About Actuarial Risk Assessment and Clinical Judgment Risk Assessment, Supervision September 2006
What Do Criminal Justice Professionals Think About Risk Assessment at Pretrial? Pretrial June 2019
What Do We Know About Anger Management Programs in Corrections? Supervision December 1998
What Factors Affect Parole: A Review of Empirical Research Parole June 2007
What Legally Prescribed Functions Tell Us: Role Differences Between Adult and Juvenile Probation Officers Juveniles, Probation December 2017
What Works in Juvenile Justice Outcome Measurement: A Comparison of Predicted Success to Observed Performance Evidence-based Practices, Juveniles September 2002
What Works in Prisoner Reentry? Reviewing and Questioning the Evidence Reentry September 2004
When a Person Isn't a Data Point: Making Evidence-Based Practice Work Evidence-based Practices December 2012
When an Employee Dies: Managing the Aftermath of a Critical Incident Management December 1998
When Prisoners Return to Communities Reentry June 2001
When Should Juveniles Be Treated As Adults? Juveniles December 1999
Who Cares What Offenders Think? New Insight from Offender Surveys Supervision, Probation September 2011
Who Lives in Super-Maximum Custody: A Washington State Study Prison December 2000
Why "What Works" Matters Under the "Broken Windows" Model of Supervision Evidence-based Practices, Supervision September 2002
Workforce Development Program: A Pilot Study in Delaware Employment/Workforce Dev December 2010