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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
Fidelity in Evidence-based Practices in Jail Settings Prison, Program Evaluation, Substance Use September 2019
Facilitating Self-exploration and Behavioral Change Associated with HIV Risk Reduction: A Qualitative Study of Individuals on Probation and Their Experiences Using a Decision-making App Probation, Program Evaluation September 2019
An Evaluation of an In-prison Therapeutic Community: Treatment Needs and Recidivism Program Evaluation, Substance Use September 2019
Health Problems: Relationships to Demographics, Problem Severity, and Services for Substance Users in Treatment with a Legal Status Program Evaluation, Substance Use September 2019
Measuring Hope in Jail Inmates with Substance Use Problems Prison, Program Evaluation, Substance Use September 2019
Introduction: Substance Use and Justice-Involved Individuals: Improving Practice Program Evaluation, Substance Use September 2019
The Validity of TCU Drug Screen 5 for Identifying Substance Use Disorders among Justice-Involved Youth Juveniles, Program Evaluation, Substance Use September 2019
Residential Drug Treatment for High-Risk Probationers: Evaluating the Link Between Program Integrity and Recidivism Probation, Recidivism, Substance Use June 2019
Federal Supervised Release Revocation for Drug Use: The Rest of the Story Recidivism, Supervision June 2019
What Do Criminal Justice Professionals Think About Risk Assessment at Pretrial? Pretrial June 2019
Ten Years Gone: Leveraging Second Chance Act 2.0 to Improve Outcomes Post Conviction, Supervision June 2019
A History of Court-Imposed Probation Fees in Texas Fines, Fees, and Restitution, Probation June 2019
A Viable Alternative? Alternatives to Incarceration Across Several Federal Districts Pretrial, Supervision June 2019
A Corrections Workforce for the 21st Century Evidence-based Practices, Supervision June 2019
Innovative Justice: Federal Reentry Drug Courts─How Should We Measure Success? Federal Courts, Reentry, Substance Use December 2018
Outcomes of Motivational Interviewing Training with Probation and Parole Officers: Findings and Lessons Learned Evidence-based Practices, Parole, Probation December 2018
Best Practices in Treatment Court Evaluation Evidence-based Practices, Reentry, Substance Use December 2018
Electronic Monitoring for Pretrial Release: Assessing the Impact Location Monitoring, Pretrial December 2018
Federal Pretrial Release and the Detention Reduction Outreach Program (DROP) Evidence-based Practices, Pretrial, Supervision September 2018
Examining Federal Pretrial Release Trends Over the Last Decade Pretrial, PTRA September 2018
The Rising Federal Pretrial Detention Rate, in Context Pretrial, Supervision September 2018
Overview of Federal Pretrial Services Initiatives from the Vantage Point of the Criminal Law Committee Pretrial September 2018
Analyzing Bond Supervision Survey Data: The Effects of Pretrial Detention on Self-Reported Outcomes Pretrial, Prison September 2018
Are Pretrial Services Officers Reliable in Rating Pretrial Risk Assessment Tools? Pretrial 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 Evidence-based Practices, Risk Assessment September 2018