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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
Performance Measures in Community Corrections: Measuring Effective Supervision Practices with Existing Agency Data Evidence-based Practices, Recidivism, Supervision December 2016
Using a Multi-level Risk Assessment to Inform Case Planning and Risk Management: Implications for Officers Evidence-based Practices, PCRA, Risk Assessment September 2016
Enhancing Community Supervision Through the Application of Dynamic Risk Assessment Evidence-based Practices, PCRA, Risk Assessment September 2016
How Dangerous Are They? An Analysis of Sex Offenders Under Federal Post-Conviction Supervision PCRA, Sex Offenders, Supervision September 2016
Imagining Sentinel Event Reviews in the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services System Supervision, Probation September 2016
The Real-World Application of the Risk Principle: Is It Possible in the Field of Probation? Evidence-based Practices, PCRA September 2016
False Positives, False Negatives, and False Analyses: A Rejoinder to "Machine Bias: There's Software Used Across the Country to Predict Future Criminals. And It's Biased Against Blacks." Risk Assessment September 2016
Communicating Risk Information at Criminal Sentencing: An Experimental Analysis Risk Assessment, Sentencing September 2016
Examining Changes in Offender Risk Characteristics and Recidivism Outcomes: A Research Summary Risk Assessment, Supervision September 2016
The Supervision of Low-risk Offenders: How the Low-risk Policy Has Changed Federal Supervision Practices without Compromising Community Safety Risk Assessment, Supervision, Evidence-based Practices June 2016
Examining Overrides of Risk Classifications for Offenders on Federal Supervision PCRA, Risk Assessment June 2016
Trademarks, Press Releases, and Policy: Will Rigorous Research Get in the Way? Evidence-based Practices June 2016
A Case Study of the Implementation of Staff Training Aimed at Reducing Rearrest (STARR) Evidence-based Practices, Supervision June 2016
Street-level Discretion and Organizational Effectiveness in Probation Services Management, Probation, Supervision June 2016
Extralegal Factors and the Imposition of Lifetime Supervised Release for Child Pornography Offenders Sex Offenders, Sentencing, Federal Courts June 2016
Trends in the Criminality and Victimization of the Elderly Criminology June 2016
Probation Officer Roles: A Statutory Analysis Probation, Supervision December 2015
Inroads to Reducing Federal Recidivism Post Conviction, Risk Assessment, Supervision December 2015
Accountability and Collaboration: Strengthening Our System Through Office Reviews Supervision, Probation December 2015
A Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of a Model of Community Supervision Supervision, Evidence-based Practices December 2015
Using Organizational Strategies to Improve Substance Abuse Treatment for Probationers: A Case Study in Delaware Management, Probation, Substance Use December 2015
Methodological Challenges to the Study and Understanding of Solitary Confinement Prison December 2015
Reprint in Honor of the 90th Anniversary of the Federal Probation System: The Federal Probation and Pretrial Services System Since 1975: An Era of Growth and Change Probation, History of probation, Federal Courts December 2015
How Today's Prison Crisis is Shaping Tomorrow's Federal Criminal Justice System Probation, Prison, Federal Courts September 2015
U.S. Pretrial Services: A Place in History History of probation, Pretrial September 2015