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Behavior Control Tools of Probation Officers: A Study of Probation Sanctions in Five Sites (Draft)

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Date Published

March 2026

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

IMPLEMENTATION OF QUANTITATIVE DECISION AIDS IN THE OKLAHOMA PROBATION AND PAROLE SYSTEMS, AND ATTITUDES TOWARD THEM

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Date Published

1990

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Criminal Careers and 'Career Criminals' - Conference Proceedings

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Date Published

1987

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NIJ-Sponsored

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Issue Overview

Validation of the Iowa Risk Assessment Scale on a 1982 Release Cohort of Colorado Inmates

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Date Published

1988

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Test/Measurement

PRIPARE: Parole and Reduced Incarceration for People thru Access to Re-Entry

15PNIJ-24-GG-05446-NIJB

Open

Funding First Awarded

2024

$400,000

PAROLE VIOLATION PATTERNS AND COMMITMENT OFFENSE

Journal

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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Date Published

1972

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Psychopathy and Sexual Aggression: Management Implications

Journal

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

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Date Published

2021

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Mapping Parole Caseloads

Journal

Techbeat

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Date Published

October 2010

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Issue Overview

An Impact Assessment of Machine Learning Risk Forecasts on Parole Board Decisions and Recidivism

Journal

Journal of Experimental Criminology

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Date Published

June 2017

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

Standardizing Parole Violation Sanctions

Journal

NIJ Journal

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Date Published

June 2009

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NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Evaluation

New Tool Will Manage Community Corrections ... and Beyond

Journal

Corrections Today

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Date Published

August 2013

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Test/Measurement

Program/Project Description

Decide Your Time: Testing Deterrence Theory's Certainty and Celerity Effects on Substance-Using Probationers

Journal

Journal of Criminal Justice

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Date Published

June 2011

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Back-End Sentencing and Reimprisonment: Individual, Organizational, and Community Predictors of Parole Sanctioning Decisions

Journal

Criminology

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Date Published

August 2010

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Parole Violations and Revocations in California: Analysis and Suggestions for Action

Journal

Federal Probation

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Date Published

June 2009

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Executive Summary of Rand's Study, 'Granting Felons Probation Public Risks and Alternatives'

Journal

Crime & Delinquency

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Date Published

1985

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Issues In VIP (Volunteer-in-probation) Management - A National Synthesis

Journal

Federal Probation

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Date Published

1980

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

LONG-TERM PREDICTIVE UTILITY OF THE BASE EXPECTANCY SCORE

Journal

Howard Journal of Criminal Justice

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Date Published

1993

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Measurement/Evaluation Device

Matching Drug-Involved Probationers to Appropriate Drug Interventions: A Strategy for Reducing Recidivism

Journal

Federal Probation

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Date Published

June 1999

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Discretion in Making Legal Decisions

Journal

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Date Published

1986

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Assessing Evil - Decision Behaviour and Parole Board Justice

Journal

British Journal of Criminology

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Date Published

1983

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Parole Violations and Revocations: Evidence-Based Responses to California in Crisis - Expert Chat Webinar, NIJ and Harvard's Government Innovators Network

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Date Published

July 2009

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Presentation

Legislation/Policy Analysis

Issue Overview

Research (Applied/Empirical)

Responding to High Rates of Substance Abuse Failure Among Probationers: Delaware's Decide Your Time Program - Interview at the 2010 NIJ Conference

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Date Published

June 2010

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NIJ

Publication Type

Program/Project Description

Impact Evaluation of the Projecting Violent Re-Offending in a Parole Population: Developing a Real-Time Forecasting Procedure to Inform Parole Decision-Making Project

2009-IJ-CX-0044

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2013

$51,073

"PA-PVR" or "Projecting Violent Re-Offending in a Parole Population: Developing a Real-Time Forecasting Procedure to Inform Parole Decision-Making"

2009-IJ-CX-0044

Closed

Funding First Awarded

2009

$228,390

Parole Violations and Revocations in California

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Date Published

October 2008

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NIJ-Sponsored

Publication Type

Research (Applied/Empirical)