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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
Reentry Challenges During a Pandemic: An Examination of NJ S2519 from the Perspectives of Community Organizers Reentry September 2021
Higher Education and the Recruitment, Training, and Retention of Community Corrections Personnel in the Coming Era of Criminal Justice Reform Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Training September 2021
Four Thousand Voices: Self-Reported Barriers to Reentry Reentry September 2021
Developing a Trauma-Informed Wellness Program Probation September 2021
Corrigendum to “A Viable Alternative? Alternatives to Incarceration Across Several Federal Districts" Pretrial September 2021
Probation Officer Attitudes Towards Staff Training Aimed at Reducing Rearrest Probation September 2021
Innovations from the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Wellness Committee During the Pandemic Pretrial, Probation June 2021
Leadership Perspectives from the Field: Key Districts Initially Affected by COVID-19 Pretrial, Probation June 2021
A National Response to a Global Pandemic in a Decentralized System Pretrial, Probation June 2021
Presentence Work in a COVID-19 Environment Presentence June 2021
The Impact of COVID-19 on Treatment and Testing Pretrial, Probation, Substance Use June 2021
Survey of U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Agencies' Adaptations to COVID-19 Pretrial, Probation June 2021
Risk, Need, and Responsivity Supervision in the Pandemic Evidence-based Practices, Responsivity, Risk Assessment June 2021
Considerations for Supervision of Persons Charged with or Convicted of Sex Offenses During the COVID-19 Pandemic Pretrial, Probation, Sex Offenders June 2021
Pretrial Work in a COVID-19 Environment Pretrial June 2021
First Step Act, COVID-19, and the Future of Location Monitoring Location Monitoring June 2021
Training During a Pandemic: The Federal Probation and Pretrial Academy's Journey into a Virtual World Pretrial, Probation, Training June 2021
Rapid Involuntary Client Engagement Evidence-based Practices, Implementation, Risk Assessment December 2020
All Hands on Deck! Toward a Reentry-Centered Vision of Federal Probation Reentry, Supervision December 2020
Training Parole Agents: How Prior Criminal Justice Work Shapes Attitudes and Beliefs Parole, Supervision, Training December 2020
Beyond the New Jim Crow: Public Support for Removing and Regulating Collateral Consequences Prison, Reentry December 2020
Addressing Legal Aspects of Implementation Challenges from Expanded Use of Home Confinement and Compassionate Release Courts, Implementation, Location Monitoring December 2020
Practitioner Perceptions of the Use and Utility of Pretrial Risk Assessment: Focus Group Analysis Pretrial, Risk Assessment December 2020
An Organizational Readiness Lens for Implementing the Risk-Need-Responsivity Model Evidence-based Practices, Implementation September 2020
Performance Management as a Way to Improve Implementation Efforts: The Power of KIWIs Evidence-based Practices, Implementation September 2020