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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 Importance of Coaching: A Brief Survey of Probation Officers Evidence-based Practices, Training September 2012
Implementation and Impact of the Central District of California's Suicide Prevention Program for Federal Sex Crime Defendants Mental Health, Pretrial, Sex Offenders June 2012
Determining the Long-Term Risks of Recidivism and Registration Failures among Sexual Offenders Sex Offenders June 2012
Characteristics of Parole Violators in Kentucky Parole June 2012
Computer-Based Employment Applications: Implications for Offenders and Supervising Officers Employment/Workforce Dev June 2012
Prisons, Community Partnerships, and Academia: Sustainable Programs and Community Needs Prison June 2012
The Probationer's Perspective on the Probation Officer-Probationer Relationship and Satisfaction with Probation Probation, Supervision June 2012
Supervision Fees: State Policies and Practice Fines, Fees, and Restitution, Probation, Supervision June 2012
Developing Leaders in the Federal Courts: Twenty Years of the Federal Judicial Center's Leadership Development Program for Probation and Pretrial Services Officers Pretrial, Probation, Training June 2012
Lies, Liars, and Lie Detection Criminology December 2011
Community Corrections Professionals' Views of Sex Offenders, Sex Offender Registration and Community Notification and Residency Restrictions Sex Offenders December 2011
Testing the Validity of Pupillometer Technology Against Traditional Drug Screening Instruments Probation, Substance Use December 2011
Implementing a Diversion-to--Treatment Law in California: Orange County's Experience Substance Use, Federal Courts December 2011
DWI Recidivism: Risk Implications for Community Supervision Substance Use, Risk Assessment December 2011
Effective Supervision Strategies: Do Frequent Changes of Supervision Officers Affect Probationer Outcomes? Supervision, Probation December 2011
Juvenile Probation Officers: How the Perception of Roles Affects Training Experiences for Evidence-Based Practice Implementation Evidence-based Practices, Juveniles, Probation December 2011
We're Back on Track: Preparing for the Next 50 Years Federal Courts, History of probation, Pretrial, Probation September 2011
Identifying the Predictors of Pretrial Failure: A Meta-Analysis Pretrial September 2011
Preentry: The Key to Success Evidence-based Practices, Pretrial September 2011
Federal Reentry Court Programs: A Summary of Recent Evaluations Federal Courts, Substance Use, Mental Health September 2011
A Random (Almost) Study of Staff Training Aimed at Reducing Re-arrest (STARR): Reducing Recidivism through Intentional Design Evidence-based Practices, Supervision, Training September 2011
The Construction and Validation of the Federal Post Conviction Risk Assessment (PCRA) PCRA, Risk Assessment September 2011
Goodbye to a Worn-Out Dichotomy: Law Enforcement, Social Work, and a Balanced Approach Probation, Supervision, Evidence-based Practices September 2011
Who Cares What Offenders Think? New Insight from Offender Surveys Supervision, Probation September 2011
Applying Implementation Research to Improve Community Corrections Evidence-based Practices, Supervision September 2011