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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
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
Motivational Interviewing for Probation Staff: Increasing the Readiness to Change (Part I) Evidence-based Practices, Probation December 2005
Restorative Justice Dialogue: The Impact of Mediation and Conferencing on Juvenile Recidivism Restorative justice, Juveniles December 2005
Evidence of Professionalism or Quackery: Measuring Practitioner Awareness of Risk/Need Factors and Effective Treatment Strategies Evidence-based Practices December 2005
1937 Revisited: "Is There a Measure of Probation Success?" History of probation December 2005
"Looking at the Law"--Updating the Imposition, Tolling, and Revocation of Supervision Federal Courts, Supervision December 2005
Bridging the Gap Between Theory and Practice--A Call to Action Evidence-based Practices June 2005
Improving the Employment Rate of Ex-Prisoners Employment/Workforce Dev June 2005
Court Management in an Environment of Scarcity Federal Courts, Management June 2005
Mental Retardation and the Death Penalty Sentencing, Mental Health June 2005
Electronic Monitoring: Positive Intervention Strategies Location Monitoring June 2005
Prison Chapel Volunteers Prison June 2005
Families and Children of Offenders Who Return Home Reentry June 2005
Treatment Retention: A Theory of Post-Release Supervision for the Substance-Abusing Offender Substance Use December 2004
Media Portrayals of Prison Privatization: A Research Note Prison December 2004
Over-representation of Minorities in the Juvenile Justice System: Three Counties in Rural Texas Juveniles December 2004
Planning for the Future of Juvenile Justice Juveniles December 2004
Assessing the Inter-Rater Agreement of the Level of Service Inventory Revised (LSI-R) Risk Assessment December 2004
Restorative Justice Systemic Change: The Washington County Experience Restorative justice December 2004
Training Federal Probation Officers as Mental Health Specialists Mental Health, Supervision December 2004
An Introduction to the Supervision of the Cybersex Offender Cybercrime, Sex Offenders December 2004
Experiences and Attitudes of Registered Female Sex Offenders Sex Offenders December 2004