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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 Impact of the Pretrial Services Act of 1982 on the Release and Detention of Pretrial Defendants Pretrial September 2007
Getting the Most Out of Correctional Treatment: Testing the Responsivity Principle on Male and Female Offenders Responsivity, Evidence-based Practices June 2007
Probation and Parole Officers and Discretionary Decision-Making: Response to Technical and Criminal Violations Probation, Parole June 2007
What Factors Affect Parole: A Review of Empirical Research Parole June 2007
Landlord Attitudes Toward Renting to Released Offenders Post Conviction, Prison June 2007
Faith-Based Approaches for Controlling the Delinquency of Juvenile Offenders Juveniles June 2007
The Experiences of Offenders in a Prison Canine Program Prison June 2007
Sex Offenders on Campus: University-based Sex Offender Registries and the Collateral Consequences of Registration Sex Offenders December 2006
Probation Conditions vs. Probation Officer Directives: Where the Twain Shall Meet Probation December 2006
Juvenile Offenders and Sex Offender Registries Juveniles, Sex Offenders December 2006
Hurricane Katrina: Resiliency, The Other Side of Tragedy Mental Health December 2006
Parole System Anomie: Conflicting Models of Casework and Surveillance Parole December 2006
Perception and Payment of Economic Sanctions: A Survey of Offenders Fines, Fees, and Restitution December 2006
How to Prevent Prisoner Re-Entry Programs From Failing: Insights From Evidence-Based Corrections Reentry, Evidence-based Practices December 2006
The Dual Treatment Track Program: A New "In-House" Jail Diversion Program Substance Use, Mental Health December 2006
Adhering to the Risk and Need Principles: Does It Matter for Supervision-based Programs? Evidence-based Practices, Supervision December 2006
Risk Assessment and Sex Offender Community Supervision: A Context-Specific Framework Risk Assessment, Sex Offenders September 2006
Mental Illness in Correctional Populations: The Use of Standardized Screening Tools for Further Evaluation or Treatment Risk Assessment, Mental Health September 2006
Assessing the Role of Clinical and Actuarial Risk Assessment in an Evidence-based Community Corrections System: Issues to Consider Risk Assessment, Evidence-based Practices September 2006
Overcoming Sisyphus: Effective Prediction of Mental Health Disorders and Recidivism Among Delinquents Risk Assessment, Mental Health, Juveniles September 2006
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
How Much Risk Can We Take? The Misuse of Risk Assessment in Corrections Risk Assessment September 2006
Clinical Versus Actuarial Judgments in Criminal Justice Decisions: Should One Replace the Other? Risk Assessment September 2006
What Community Supervision Officers Need to Know About Actuarial Risk Assessment and Clinical Judgment Risk Assessment, Supervision September 2006