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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
Remarks on Federal Probation's Centenary Evidence-based Practices, History of probation, Probation June 2025
The Perspective of Federal Pretrial Services Pretrial June 2025
The Federal Probation System: The Struggle To Achieve It and Its First 25 Years Evidence-based Practices, History of probation, Probation June 2025
Lessons from Two Decades of Strategic Planning in Federal Probation and Pretrial Services Evidence-based Practices, History of probation, Probation June 2025
The History of Training in the Federal Probation and Pretrial Services System History of probation, Pretrial, Probation, Training June 2025
The Federal Probation and Pretrial Services System Since 1975: An Era of Growth and Change History of probation, Pretrial, Probation June 2025
The System at 100 Evidence-based Practices, History of probation, Probation June 2025
The Federal Probation System: The Second 25 Years, 1950-1975 Evidence-based Practices, History of probation, Probation June 2025
Looking Back on 20 Years of the Federal Probation and Pretrial Academy History of probation, Training June 2025
Celebrating Federal Pretrial Services Pretrial June 2025
The Campaign for Federal Probation History of probation, Probation December 2024
Early Termination: Shortening Federal Supervision Terms Without Endangering Public Safety Probation, Supervision December 2024
Trends in Probation Legislation 2019-2022 Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Supervision December 2024
Enhancing Criminogenic Needs Assessment with Regular Reassessments of Acute Dynamic Risk: DRAOR Adds to PCRA’s Recidivism Prediction for Red Band Cases Risk Assessment, Supervision December 2024
Introduction to Pretrial Research in Action: Four Articles From RTI International Pretrial September 2024
Examining Adherence to the Public Safety Assessment and Release Conditions Matrix on Individual Case and System Outcomes Pretrial, Risk Assessment September 2024
Revising the Pretrial Risk Assessment (PTRA): Promising Options Pretrial, Risk Assessment September 2024
Exploring the Relationship of Domestic Violence Charges on Release and Detention Decision-Making and Pretrial Outcomes Domestic Violence, Pretrial September 2024
The Potential Effects of Combining Pretrial Supervision Conditions Pretrial, Supervision September 2024
Racial Disparity in Federal Pretrial Detention Recommendations: Trends Over Two Decades and Association with Risk Assessment Implementation Pretrial, Risk Assessment September 2024
Evidence Over Imitation: Developing Research-Informed Strategies for Pretrial Decision-Making Evidence-based Practices, Pretrial September 2024
Examining the Patterns of Pretrial Rearrest in a Large Southeastern County Pretrial September 2024
The Presumption for Detention Statute's Relationship to Release Rates Revisited: A Replication and Extension Pretrial September 2024
Psychopathy: A Primer for Correctional Professionals Mental Health June 2024
The Impact of the Front End on Federal Sentencing and Beyond: Recidivism and More Pretrial, Recidivism June 2024