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Special Needs Offenders Bulletin, No. 4: Reducing Risk Through Employment and Education

Mark A. Sherman

January 1, 2000

Discusses the increasing number of defendants and offenders in the federal criminal justice system with limited job skills and education.

Special Needs Offenders Bulletin, No. 3: Sex Offenders

Dennise Orlando-Morningstar

September 1, 1998

Defines "sex offender," clinical definitions of paraphilia and pedophilia, sex offender characteristics, and sex offender treatment. It provides information on state sex offender registration and community notification laws.

Special Needs Offenders Bulletin, No. 2: Prison Gangs

Dennise Orlando-Morningstar

October 1, 1997

Describes security threat groups in U.S. prisons, gang alliances, prison gang organization, identifying markers, and gang activities outside prison.

Special Needs Offenders Bulletin, No. 1: Street Gangs

Dennise Orlando-Morningstar

August 1, 1997

Provides national statistics on the number, membership, organization, and types of gangs and their impact on cities and police departments.

FJC Directions, No. 3

Paul J. Hofer, Barbara Meierhoefer

May 1, 1992

A magazine that reported Center research and education activities in a concise format. In this issue of FJC Directions:

Home Confinement: An Evolving Sanction in the Federal Criminal Justice System

Paul J. Hofer, Barbara Meierhoefer

January 1, 1987

An evaluation of home confinement as an alternative to imprisonment in the federal system. The authors examined selection procedures and criteria, types of monitoring, the role of probation officers, and other elements of home confinement programs.

The Impact of the Federal Drug Aftercare Program

James B. Eaglin

January 1, 1986

The findings of a study of supervision outcomes for a sample of 1,000 offenders who entered the aftercare program for drug-dependent federal offenders from July 1, 1982, to June 30, 1983. The report includes sixty-three tables of data from the study.

A Process-Descriptive Study of the Drug Aftercare Program For Drug-Dependent Federal Offenders

James B. Eaglin

January 1, 1984

The preliminary report of the Center's multiphase effort to document the effects of the Probation Division's aftercare program for drug-dependent federal offenders. The author reviews the operation of the program in a sample of ten probation districts.

A Validation and Comparative Evaluation of Four Predictive Devices for Classifying Federal Probation Caseloads — A Report to the Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States on the Administration of the Probation System

James B. Eaglin, Patricia A. Lombard

January 1, 1982

An evaluation of the comparative validity of four risk prediction scales used for classifying federal probation caseloads. The authors found the U.S.D.C. 75 Scale to have the best balance of validity and predictive power, and they recommend that it be used by all U.S. probation officers.

Experimentation in the Law: Report of the Federal Judicial Center Advisory Committee on Experimentation in the Law

Edward D. Re, Alvin Bronstein, Wilfred Feinberg, Paul A. Freund, Joseph Tyree Sneed III, Alexander M. Capron, Jane Frank-Harman, Gerald Gunther, Alasdair MacIntyre, Norman Redlich, Jerome J. Shestack, Abraham D. Sofaer, June Louin Tapp

January 1, 1981

The committee examined the ethical and legal problems posed by experimentation with innovative programs and procedures in the justice system.

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Special Needs Offenders Bulletin, No. 4: Reducing Risk Through Employment and Education

Special Needs Offenders Bulletin, No. 3: Sex Offenders

Special Needs Offenders Bulletin, No. 2: Prison Gangs

Special Needs Offenders Bulletin, No. 1: Street Gangs

FJC Directions, No. 3

Home Confinement: An Evolving Sanction in the Federal Criminal Justice System

The Impact of the Federal Drug Aftercare Program

A Process-Descriptive Study of the Drug Aftercare Program For Drug-Dependent Federal Offenders

A Validation and Comparative Evaluation of Four Predictive Devices for Classifying Federal Probation Caseloads — A Report to the Committee of the Judicial Conference of the United States on the Administration of the Probation System

Experimentation in the Law: Report of the Federal Judicial Center Advisory Committee on Experimentation in the Law

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