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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
Is Project HOPE Creating a False Sense of Hope? A Case Study in Correctional Popularity Criminology, Substance Use, Supervision September 2014
Does the Risk of Recidivism for Supervised Offenders Improve Over Time? Examining Changes in the Dynamic Risk Characteristics for Offenders under Federal Supervision PCRA, Risk Assessment September 2014
Second Generation of RNR: The Importance of Systemic Responsivity in Expanding Core Principles of Responsivity Responsivity, Evidence-based Practices September 2014
Addressing Responsivity Issues with Criminal Justice-Involved Native Americans Responsivity, Indian Country, Supervision September 2014
Health Coverage for People in the Justice System: The Potential Impact of Obamacare Responsivity, Mental Health, Reentry September 2014
The Neglected "R"--Responsivity and the Federal Offender Responsivity, Evidence-based Practices September 2014
Reconsidering the Responsivity Principle: A Way to Move Forward Evidence-based Practices, Responsivity September 2014
Improving Legitimacy in Community-Based Corrections Criminology, Supervision June 2014
How Far Have We Come? The Gluecks' Recommendations from 500 Delinquent Women Prison, Criminology, History of probation June 2014
Interagency Collaboration Along the Reentry Continuum Pretrial, Probation, Reentry June 2014
A Difficult Position: A Feasibility Study Analysis of Conducting Home Contacts on Halloween Sex Offenders, Supervision June 2014
Are the Collateral Consequences of Being a Registered Sex Offender as Bad as We Think? A Methodological Research Note Sex Offenders June 2014
Location Monitoring for Low-Risk Inmates: A Cost-Effective and Evidence-Based Reentry Strategy Location Monitoring, Reentry, Evidence-based Practices June 2014
Pretrial Detention Choices and Federal Sentencing Federal Courts, Pretrial, Sentencing June 2014
Federal Post-Conviction Supervision Outcomes: Arrests and Revocations Supervision, Probation, Federal Courts June 2014
From the Archives (Federal Probation May-June 1937): Is There a Measure of Probation Success? Probation, History of probation December 2013
A Review of Probation Home Visits: What Do We Know? Probation, Supervision December 2013
Exit Status of Probationers and Prison-Bound Offenders in an Electronic Monitoring Home Detention Program: A Comparative Study Location Monitoring, Probation December 2013
Targeting Antisocial Attitudes in Community Supervision Using the EPICS Model: An Examination of Change Scores on the Criminal Sentiment Scale Evidence-based Practices, Supervision December 2013
Use of Engagement Skills in Community Corrections for High-Risk Offenders Supervision, Evidence-based Practices December 2013
After the Fall: Assessing the Impact of the Great Prison Experiment on Future Crime Control Policy Prison, Criminology December 2013
Changing Probation Officer Attitudes: Training Experience, Motivation, and Possible Revival Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Training September 2013
Capitalizing on Collaboration in Arizona: Working Together to Advance the Use of Evidence-Based Officer Skills at All Levels of Community Corrections Evidence-based Practices, Training September 2013
Using Quality Improvement Models in Correctional Organizations Evidence-based Practices, Management September 2013
Reducing Recidivism Through Probation Supervision: What We Know and Don't Know from Four Decades of Research Evidence-based Practices, Supervision, Training September 2013