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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
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
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
From Theory to Practice: The Lifecycle Document for the Results-based Management Framework for the Federal Probation and Pretrial Services System Evidence-based Practices September 2006
Assessment with a Flair: Offender Accountability in Supervision Plans Risk Assessment September 2006
Mental Illness in Correctional Populations: The Use of Standardized Screening Tools for Further Evaluation or Treatment Risk Assessment, Mental Health September 2006
Overcoming Sisyphus: Effective Prediction of Mental Health Disorders and Recidivism Among Delinquents Risk Assessment, Mental Health, Juveniles 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
Risk Assessment and Sex Offender Community Supervision: A Context-Specific Framework Risk Assessment, Sex Offenders September 2006
Motivational Interviewing for Probation Officers: Tipping the Balance Toward Change Evidence-based Practices, Supervision June 2006
John Augustus, Father of Probation, and the Anonymous Letter History of probation June 2006
The Role of Prerelease Handbooks for Prisoner Reentry Reentry June 2006
Accomplishments in Juvenile Probation in California Over the Last Decade Juveniles, Probation June 2006
The Effects of Gender on the Judicial Decision of Bail Amount Set Pretrial June 2006
Convicted Drunk Drivers in Electronic Monitoring Home Detention and Day Reporting Centers: An Exploratory Study Location Monitoring, Substance Use June 2006
Power and Control Tactics Employed by Prison Inmates--A Case Study Prison June 2006
Restorative Circles: A Reentry Planning Process for Hawaii Inmates Restorative justice June 2006
Sex Offenders on Federal Community Supervision: Factors that Influence Revocation Sex Offenders June 2006
Sex Offender Management in the Federal Probation and Pretrial Services System Sex Offenders June 2006
Crime Control Strategies and Community Change--Reframing the Surveillance vs. Treatment Debate Criminology, Supervision June 2006
Year-in-Review Report of the Federal Probation and Pretrial Services System Pretrial, Probation December 2005
Personal Ads From Prisoners: Do Inmates Tell the Truth About Themselves? Prison December 2005
Getting Serious About Corrections Evidence-based Practices December 2005