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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 Evolution of Community Supervision Practice: The Transformation from Case Manager to Change Agent Supervision, Probation September 2012
The Evolution of Supervision in the Federal Probation System Probation, Evidence-based Practices, Supervision September 2008
The Experiences of Offenders in a Prison Canine Program Prison June 2007
The Failure of Correctional Management: Rhetoric Versus the Reality of Leadership Management June 1998
The First 20 Years of Drug Treatment Courts: A Brief Description of Their History and Impact Substance Use June 2008
The Future of Federal Probation (Reprinted from 1950) History of probation September 2015
The History of Training in the Federal Probation and Pretrial Services System History of probation, Training September 2015
The Homeless Court Program: Taking the Court to the Streets Supervision June 2001
The Homeless Pretrial Release Project Reentry June 2001
The Impact of COVID-19 on Treatment and Testing Pretrial, Probation, Substance Use June 2021
The Impact of Location Monitoring Among U.S. Pretrial Defendants in the District of New Jersey Location Monitoring, Pretrial December 2017
The Impact of the Front End on Federal Sentencing and Beyond: Recidivism and More Pretrial, Recidivism June 2024
The Impact of the Pretrial Services Act of 1982 on the Release and Detention of Pretrial Defendants Pretrial September 2007
The Impact of Treatment: The Jefferson County (Kentucky) Drug Court Program Substance Use December 1998
The Impact of Victim-Offender Mediation--Two Decades of Research Restorative justice December 2001
The Importance of Coaching: A Brief Survey of Probation Officers Evidence-based Practices, Training September 2012
The Imposition of Economic Sanctions in Philadelphia: Costs, Fines, and Restitution June 2004
The Imposition of Restitution in Federal Criminal Cases December 1998
The Influence of Demographic Factors on the Experience of House Arrest Location Monitoring December 2002
The Influence of Social Distance on Community Corrections Officer Perception of Offender Reentry Needs Reentry June 2008
The Integral Role of Federal Probation Officers in the Guidelines System Federal Courts, Sentencing September 2017
The Intuitive-Override Model: Nudging Judges Toward Pretrial Risk Assessment Instruments Evidence-based Practices, Risk Assessment September 2021
The Living Laboratory Studies: Providing Insights into Community Supervision Practices Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Supervision June 2018
The Many Purposes of Location Monitoring Location Monitoring September 2010
The Neglected "R"--Responsivity and the Federal Offender Responsivity, Evidence-based Practices September 2014