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Probation supervision

  • Effective Supervision of Adult Sex Offenders in the Community [Videoconference held February 9, 2000]

    The goal of this videoconference is to enhance the ability of probation and parole agency staff (line officers, supervisors, and policymakers/admin

  • Female Offenders in the Community [Videoconference Held July 18, 2001]

    This video examines the needs, strengths, weaknesses, and risks associated with female offenders. Topics discussed include:

  • The Role of Program Design, Implementation, and Evaluation in Evidence-Based “Real World” Community Supervision

    The use of Strategy in Training Initiative in Community Supervision (STICS), a comprehensive model for community supervision, is discussed.

  • The Paradox of Probation: Community Supervision in the Age of Mass Incarceration

    This article evaluates the role of probation during the period in which the incarceration rate grew at an alarming rate.

  • Early Termination of Supervision: No Compromise to Community Safety

    The “effectiveness of early termination as a measure that permits probation offices to focus supervision resources on persons most likely to recidi

  • Reducing Recidivism Through Probation Supervision: What We Know and Don't Know From Four Decades of Research

    “This article is about the relationship between recidivism rates and supervision skills used by probation officers (or others who supervise offende

  • Effective Responses to Offender Behavior: Lessons Learned from Probation and Parole Supervision

    “Using effective strategies to keep probationers and parolees crime- and drug-free and curb their revocation rates is among the most important issu

  • A Review of Probation Home Visits: What Do We Know?

    "Although home visits are seen as a critical tool employed by probation officers, recent evidence demonstrates that home visits are rarely conducte

  • Behavior Management of Justice-Involved Individuals: Contemporary Research and State-of-the-Art Policy and Practice

    "All justice-involved individuals who are under community supervision are expected to abide by a set of conditions.

  • Addressing Responsivity Issues with Criminal Justice-Involved Native Americans

    Anyone working with Native American offenders should read this article.

  • Incorporating Location Tracking Systems Into Community Supervision (2019)

    For several decades, supervision agencies have been leveraging a variety of technological innovations to better manage justice-involved individuals

  • Community Supervision in a Digital World

    The changing nature of crime, along with an increase in digital literacy among the general population, has resulted in a greater number of tech-sav