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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
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
Probation Officer as a Coach: Building a New Professional Identity Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Supervision June 2018
Probation's Changing Role in California: Challenges and Opportunities for Hybrid Supervision Probation, Supervision June 2018
Creating a Model Correctional Officer Training Academy: Implications from a National Survey Prison, Training June 2018
The Living Laboratory Studies: Providing Insights into Community Supervision Practices Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Supervision June 2018
Perceptions of Offender Satisfaction on Probation and Supervised Release with STARR Skill Sets Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Supervision June 2018
Key Factors to Promote Successful Comprehensive Reentry Initiatives Reentry December 2017
The Impact of Location Monitoring Among U.S. Pretrial Defendants in the District of New Jersey Location Monitoring, Pretrial December 2017
National Variation in Fieldwork Goals, Training, and Activities Probation, Supervision December 2017
Costs and Benefits of Implementing a Root Cause Analysis Framework into the Queensland Correctional Oversight System Evidence-based Practices, Management, Prison December 2017
What Legally Prescribed Functions Tell Us: Role Differences Between Adult and Juvenile Probation Officers Juveniles, Probation December 2017
Federal Sentencing Policy: Role of the Judicial Conference of the United States and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts Federal Courts, Sentencing September 2017
Removal of Non-scored Items from the Post Conviction Risk Assessment Instrument: An Evaluation of Data-driven Risk Assessment Research within the Federal System PCRA, Probation, Risk Assessment September 2017
Reflecting on Parole's Abolition in the Federal Sentencing System Federal Courts, Parole, Sentencing September 2017
State Sentencing Guidelines: A Garden Full of Variety Federal Courts, Sentencing September 2017
Five Questions for the Next Thirty Years of Federal Sentencing Federal Courts, Sentencing September 2017
The Integral Role of Federal Probation Officers in the Guidelines System Federal Courts, Sentencing September 2017
The Presumption for Detention Statute's Relationship to Release Rates Pretrial September 2017
Judge-Involved Supervision Programs in the Federal System: Background and Research Federal Courts, Reentry, Substance Use June 2017
Conditions of Supervision in Federal Criminal Sentencing: A Review of Recent Changes Supervision, Federal Courts June 2017
Understanding Resistance in Correctional Therapy: Why Some Clients Don't Do What They Should, and What to Do About It Criminology, Probation June 2017
A Longitudinal Survey of Newly-Released Prisoners: Methods and Design of the Boston Reentry Study Prison, Reentry June 2017
Fugitives from Justice: An Examination of Felony and Misdemeanor Probation Absconders in a Large Jurisdiction Probation June 2017
Comparison of Recidivism Studies: AOUSC, USSC, and BJS Probation, Federal Courts June 2017
Transportation Strategies of Female Offenders Responsivity, Supervision December 2016