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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
Judge-Involved Supervision Programs in the Federal Courts: Summary of Findings From the Survey of Chief United States Probation Officers Federal Courts, Substance Use, Mental Health September 2011
The Development of the Evidence-Based Practice Blue Print and Where We Are Now Evidence-based Practices September 2011
Who Cares What Offenders Think? New Insight from Offender Surveys Supervision, Probation 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
Federal Reentry Court Programs: A Summary of Recent Evaluations Federal Courts, Substance Use, Mental Health September 2011
Preentry: The Key to Success Evidence-based Practices, Pretrial September 2011
Identifying the Predictors of Pretrial Failure: A Meta-Analysis Pretrial September 2011
Goodbye to a Worn-Out Dichotomy: Law Enforcement, Social Work, and a Balanced Approach Probation, Supervision, Evidence-based Practices September 2011
Examining Prevailing Beliefs about People with Serious Mental Illness in the Criminal Justice System Mental Health June 2011
Looking at the Law: An Updated Look at the Privilege Against Self-Incrimination in Post-Conviction Supervision Federal Courts, Supervision June 2011
Prosecution by Military Commission versus Federal Criminal Court: A Comparative Analysis Federal Courts June 2011
Exploring the Moderating Effects of Mental Illness on Parole Release Decisions Mental Health June 2011
Organizational Readiness in Corrections Prison June 2011
Beyond the Prison Bubble Prison June 2011
Results-based Framework for Post-conviction Supervision Recidivism Analysis Supervision December 2010
Alcohol--Still the Forgotten Legal Drug Substance Use, Supervision December 2010
A Pilot Survey Linking Personality, Leadership Style, and Leadership Success among Probation Directors in the U.S. Management, Probation December 2010
Evaluation of Kentucky's Early Inmate Release Intiative Reentry December 2010
Workforce Development Program: A Pilot Study in Delaware Employment/Workforce Dev December 2010
Alternatives to Pretrial Detention: Southern District of Iowa Pretrial December 2010
Implementing Gender-Responsive Treatment for Women in Prison Prison December 2010
Donald Arthur Andrews: An Appreciation Evidence-based Practices, History of probation December 2010
Traumatized by Association: The Risk of Working Sex Crimes Sex Offenders September 2010
The Containment Approach to Managing Defendants Charged with Sex Offenses Sex Offenders, Supervision September 2010
Supervision of Sex Offenders: A Multi-Faceted Approach Sex Offenders, Supervision September 2010