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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 COVID-19 on Treatment and Testing Pretrial, Probation, Substance Use June 2021
Considerations for Supervision of Persons Charged with or Convicted of Sex Offenses During the COVID-19 Pandemic Pretrial, Probation, Sex Offenders June 2021
Risk, Need, and Responsivity Supervision in the Pandemic Evidence-based Practices, Responsivity, Risk Assessment June 2021
Pretrial Work in a COVID-19 Environment Pretrial June 2021
A National Response to a Global Pandemic in a Decentralized System Pretrial, Probation June 2021
Addressing Legal Aspects of Implementation Challenges from Expanded Use of Home Confinement and Compassionate Release Courts, Implementation, Location Monitoring December 2020
Rapid Involuntary Client Engagement Evidence-based Practices, Implementation, Risk Assessment December 2020
Training Parole Agents: How Prior Criminal Justice Work Shapes Attitudes and Beliefs Parole, Supervision, Training December 2020
Practitioner Perceptions of the Use and Utility of Pretrial Risk Assessment: Focus Group Analysis Pretrial, Risk Assessment December 2020
Beyond the New Jim Crow: Public Support for Removing and Regulating Collateral Consequences Prison, Reentry December 2020
All Hands on Deck! Toward a Reentry-Centered Vision of Federal Probation Reentry, Supervision December 2020
Using Implementation Science to Transform Policy into Practice: The Federal Probation and Pretrial Services System’s Evidence-based Journey Evidence-based Practices, Implementation September 2020
Fidelity to Evidence-based Practice: Our Obligation to Effective Supervision and Service Delivery Evidence-based Practices, Implementation September 2020
Implementation Teams: The Missing Link for Scaling and Sustaining Effective Practice Implementation September 2020
Motivational Interviewing for Community Corrections: Expanding a Relationship-based Approach with Exemplar Implementation Evidence-based Practices, Implementation September 2020
Peer Recovery Support Services in New York Opioid Intervention Courts: Essential Elements and Processes for Effective Integration Implementation, Substance Use September 2020
The 10 Essential Principles of Implementation Leadership: Real-World Applications of Change Leadership Acumen Implementation September 2020
An Organizational Readiness Lens for Implementing the Risk-Need-Responsivity Model Evidence-based Practices, Implementation September 2020
Performance Management as a Way to Improve Implementation Efforts: The Power of KIWIs Evidence-based Practices, Implementation September 2020
Does Reducing Supervision for Low-risk Probationers Jeopardize Community Safety? Probation, Recidivism June 2020
Redemption at a Correctional Turning Point: Public Support for Rehabilitation Ceremonies Post Conviction, Recidivism June 2020
The Prevalence of Local Criminal Justice Practices Evidence-based Practices, Pretrial June 2020
The Effectiveness of Prison Programming: A Review of the Research Literature Examining the Impact of Federal, State, and Local Inmate Programming on Post-Release Recidivism Evidence-based Practices, Prison, Recidivism, Reentry June 2020
Hawaii Federal Court Restorative Reentry Circle Pilot Project Pretrial, Probation, Reentry, Restorative justice June 2020
Federal Presentence Investigation Report: A National Survey Criminal Justice System, Presentence December 2019