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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
Evaluating Pretrial Services Programs in North Carolina Pretrial June 2008
Looking at the Law: A Guide to Statutory Retroactivity in the Revocation Context Federal Courts June 2008
Probation Intake: Gatekeeper to the Family Court History of probation, Juveniles June 2008
American Criminal Justice Philosophy Revisited History of probation, Criminology June 2008
Warning: Sex Offenders Need to be Supervised in the Community Sex Offenders June 2008
Barriers to Effective Program Implementation: Rural School-based Probation Juveniles, Probation June 2008
The First 20 Years of Drug Treatment Courts: A Brief Description of Their History and Impact Substance Use June 2008
The Influence of Social Distance on Community Corrections Officer Perception of Offender Reentry Needs Reentry June 2008
A Protocol for Comprehensive Hostage Negotiation Training Within Correctional Institutions Prison, Training December 2007
Thacher, Augustus, and Hill--The Path to Statutory Probation in the United States and England History of probation December 2007
Probation and Parole Officers Speak Out: Caseload and Workload Allocation Probation, Parole December 2007
The Predictive Validity of the LSI-R on a Sample of Offenders Drawn From the Records of the Iowa Department of Corrections Data Measurement System Risk Assessment December 2007
A Hawaii Criminal Court Provides Restorative Justice Practices for Healing Relationships Restorative justice December 2007
Sex Offender Residence Restrictions--Sensible Policy or Flawed Logic? Sex Offenders December 2007
Reflections on the 25th Anniversary of the Pretrial Services Act Pretrial September 2007
Enter...Stage Left...U.S. Pretrial Services Pretrial September 2007
Pretrial Services in the Federal System: Impact of the Pretrial Services Act of 1982 Pretrial September 2007
The Pretrial Services Act: 25 Years Later Pretrial September 2007
A View From Outside In Pretrial September 2007
Our Journey Toward Pretrial Justice Pretrial September 2007
Pretrial Services Outcome Measurement Plan in the Federal System: Step One, Improve Data Quality Pretrial September 2007
The Impact of the Pretrial Services Act of 1982 on the Release and Detention of Pretrial Defendants Pretrial September 2007
Faith-Based Approaches for Controlling the Delinquency of Juvenile Offenders Juveniles June 2007
The Experiences of Offenders in a Prison Canine Program Prison June 2007
Landlord Attitudes Toward Renting to Released Offenders Post Conviction, Prison June 2007