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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
Capitalizing on Collaboration in Arizona: Working Together to Advance the Use of Evidence-Based Officer Skills at All Levels of Community Corrections Evidence-based Practices, Training September 2013
Changing Probation Officer Attitudes: Training Experience, Motivation, and Possible Revival Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Training September 2013
Skills and Training in British Probation: A Tale of Neglect and Possible Revival Evidence-based Practices, Probation, Training September 2013
The Trials and Tribulations of Implementing What Works: Training Rarely Trumps Values Evidence-based Practices, Training September 2013
The Demands on Probation Officers in the Evolution of Evidence-Based Practice: The Forgotten Foot Soldier of Community Corrections Evidence-based Practices, Probation September 2013
Introduction to Federal Probation Special Focus on Implementing Evidence-Based Practices Evidence-based Practices, Probation September 2013
Extending Our Knowledge About Recidivism of Persons on Federal Supervision Supervision September 2013
Early Termination of Supervision: No Compromise to Community Safety Supervision September 2013
Too Many Going Back, Not Enough Getting Out? Supervision Violators, Probation Supervision, and Overcrowding in the Federal Bureau of Prisons Supervision, Probation, Prison September 2013
Reducing Recidivism Through Probation Supervision: What We Know and Don't Know from Four Decades of Research Evidence-based Practices, Supervision, Training September 2013
Policy Implications of Police-Probation/Parole Partnerships: A Review of the Empirical Literature Probation, Parole June 2013
Creating a Supervision Tool Kit: How to Improve Probation and Parole Supervision, Evidence-based Practices, Training June 2013
Community Management of Offenders: The Interaction of Social Support and Risk Supervision June 2013
Using Research to Improve Pretrial Justice and Public Safety: Results from PSA's Risk Assessment Validation Project Pretrial, Risk Assessment June 2013
Officer Stress Linked to CVD: What We Know Mental Health, Training June 2013
Reentry Intitiatives: A Study of the Federal Workforce Development Program Employment/Workforce Dev December 2012
Inmates Who Receive Visits in Prison: Exploring Factors that Predict Prison December 2012
Offender Workforce Development Specialists and Their Impact on the Post-Release Outcomes of Ex-Offenders Employment/Workforce Dev December 2012
Collaboration in Juvenile Justice: A Multi-Agency Study Juveniles December 2012
When a Person Isn't a Data Point: Making Evidence-Based Practice Work Evidence-based Practices December 2012
Development and Implementation of a Case Review Conference Model for Juveniles: A Structured Approach to Learning from Unsuccessful Probationers Evidence-based Practices December 2012
Responding to Probationers with Mental Illness Mental Health, Probation September 2012
Contemporary Origins of Restorative Justice Programming: The Minnesota Restitution Center Restorative justice September 2012
U.S. Pretrial Services: A Place in History History of probation, Pretrial September 2012
The Eastern District of Michigan: How Does It Consistently Achieve High Release Rates? Federal Courts, Pretrial, Supervision September 2012