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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
Restorative Justice Dialogue: The Impact of Mediation and Conferencing on Juvenile Recidivism Restorative justice, Juveniles December 2005
Restorative Justice Systemic Change: The Washington County Experience Restorative justice December 2004
Restorative Practices in Institutional Settings and at Release: Victim Wrap Around Programs Restorative justice June 2009
Restoring Justice to the Community: A Realistic Goal? Restorative justice June 2001
Results-based Framework for Post-conviction Supervision Recidivism Analysis Supervision December 2010
Results-Based Management in Federal Probation and Pretrial Services Evidence-based Practices September 2008
Rethinking the Assumptions About Boot Camps Prison June 1998
Revalidating the Federal Pretrial Risk Assessment Instrument (PTRA): A Research Summary Pretrial, PTRA September 2018
Revising the Pretrial Risk Assessment (PTRA): Promising Options Pretrial, Risk Assessment September 2024
Risk Assessment and Sex Offender Community Supervision: A Context-Specific Framework Risk Assessment, Sex Offenders September 2006
Risk, Need, and Responsivity Supervision in the Pandemic Evidence-based Practices, Responsivity, Risk Assessment June 2021
Risk/Needs Assessment: Is This the Best We Can Do? Risk Assessment September 2008
Rowing in the Right Direction: Movement on the Recommendations on the Strategic Assessment of the Federal Probation and Pretrial Services System Federal Courts, Pretrial, Probation September 2015
Sanctions and Rewards in Prison-Based Therapeutic Community Treatment Substance Use, Prison September 2003
School-Based Substance Abuse Prevention: Political Finger-Pointing Does Not Work Juveniles, Substance Use September 2002
Screening and Assessing Substance-Abusing Offenders: Quantity and Quality Substance Use June 1999
Second Generation of RNR: The Importance of Systemic Responsivity in Expanding Core Principles of Responsivity Responsivity, Evidence-based Practices September 2014
Selecting the Substance Abuse Specialist Substance Use June 2000
Self-directed Workbooks: Evaluating Their Efficacy in a U.S. Probation Setting Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Supervision June 2023
September 11th and the Crisis Response for the Federal Courts Mental Health June 2002
Sex Offender Management in the Federal Probation and Pretrial Services System Sex Offenders June 2006
Sex Offender Residence Restrictions--Sensible Policy or Flawed Logic? Sex Offenders December 2007
Sex Offenders on Campus: University-based Sex Offender Registries and the Collateral Consequences of Registration Sex Offenders December 2006
Sex Offenders on Federal Community Supervision: Factors that Influence Revocation Sex Offenders June 2006
Sexual Victimization and Requests for Assistance in Inmates' Letters to the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission Prison, Sex Offenders December 2009