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Title	File	Topic	Issue
Do Office Reviews in the Federal Probation and Pretrial Services System Do What They Were Intended to Do? Not Yet	Download Article pdf, 108.09 KB	Evidence-based Practices, Supervision	September 2023
Is Pretrial Detention an Effective Deterrent? An Analysis of Failure to Appear and Rearrest Says "No"	Download Article pdf, 148.32 KB	Evidence-based Practices, Pretrial	June 2023
Revalidating the Federal Pretrial Risk Assessment Instrument (PTRA): A Research Summary	Download Article pdf, 142.96 KB	Pretrial, PTRA	September 2018
A Rejoinder to Dressel and Farid: New Study Finds Computer Algorithm Is More Accurate Than Humans at Predicting Arrest and as Good as a Group of 20 Lay Experts	Download Article pdf, 170.37 KB	Evidence-based Practices, Risk Assessment	September 2018
Enhancing Community Supervision Through the Application of Dynamic Risk Assessment	Download pdf, 140.92 KB	Evidence-based Practices, PCRA, Risk Assessment	September 2016
Introduction to Federal Probation Special Focus on Implementing Evidence-Based Practices	Download pdf, 454.00 KB	Evidence-based Practices, Probation	September 2013
Changing Probation Officer Attitudes: Training Experience, Motivation, and Possible Revival	Download pdf, 477.30 KB	Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Training	September 2013
When a Person Isn't a Data Point: Making Evidence-Based Practice Work	Download pdf, 533.97 KB	Evidence-based Practices	December 2012
The Development of an Actuarial Risk Assessment for U.S. Pretrial Services	Download pdf, 88.51 KB	Pretrial, Risk Assessment	September 2009
The Development and Validation of a Pretrial Screening Tool	Download pdf, 81.21 KB	Pretrial, Risk Assessment	December 2008
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	Download pdf, 90.42 KB	Risk Assessment	December 2007
Adhering to the Risk and Need Principles: Does It Matter for Supervision-based Programs?	Download pdf, 112.42 KB	Evidence-based Practices, Supervision	December 2006
Assessing the Inter-Rater Agreement of the Level of Service Inventory Revised (LSI-R)	Download pdf, 83.79 KB	Risk Assessment	December 2004