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72 Fed. Probation 1 (2008)

handle is hein.journals/fedpro72 and id is 1 raw text is: June 2008 THIS ISSUE IN BRIEF The Influence of Social Distance on Community Corrections Officer Perceptions 2 of Offender Reentry Needs Research suggests that offenders perceive officer-offender social distance as a potential barrier in the reentry process and, as a result, offenders sometimes do not trust their community corrections officers. Using survey data from sample of state and federal community corrections officers in Seattle, the authors examine the relationship between offender-officer social distance and officer perception of offender post-release needs. Jacqueline B. Helfgott, Elaine Gunnison The First 20 Years of Drug Treatment Courts: A Brief Description of Their History and Impact 13 This article focuses on adult Drug Treatment Courts and discusses 1) the genesis and implementation of first-generation specialized drug courts, 2) the concept of therapeutic jurisprudence and the theoretical underpinning of DTCs, and 3) the rise in drug courts nationwide and their impact on rearrest and treatment retention. Arthur J. Lurigio Evaluating Pretrial Services Programs in North Carolina 18 The authors present the findings of a study assessing North Carolina's pretrial services programs, analyzing 1) program processes and 2) client perceptions. They also 3) examined existing administrative data to present actual quantitative information on program efficacy and impact and thus compare and contrast actual with perceived impact. Melinda Tanner, Dillon Wyatt, Douglas L. Yearwood Barriers to Effective Program Implementation: Rural School-based Probation 2 8 This article assesses the barriers to effective implementation revealed as part of a process evaluation of a rural, School-based Probation Program. Analyses are framed in terms of individual, organizational, and systemic barriers to implementation. Martha L. Henderson, Amanda Mathias-Humphrey, M. Joan McDermott Warning: Sex Offenders Need to be Supervised in the Community 37 Laws on GPS monitoring for sex offenders, lifetime probation or parole sanctions for convicted sex offenders, and expanded use of polygraphs for sex offenders living in the community have redefined the role of probation and parole officers supervising sex offenders. This article provides an overview of the assumptions underlying a new training curriculum developed by the American Probation and Parole Association (APPA) on this topic. Brian K. Payne, Matthew DeMichele 43 American Criminal Justice Philosophy Revisited Almost a decade after publication of an article on this topic, the author revisits it to ask Are current movements that embrace service and reform ideologies really contemporary innovations or a repackaging of previous approaches? and What can be learned from the recent terrorist attacks? Curtis Blakely 48 Probation Intake: Gatekeeper to the Family Court One of the unique features of the Family Court is the preliminary procedure known as probation intake. The author looks at the history and diverse reactions to probation intake, its positive and negative critiques, recent events and possible future. Charles Lindner DEPARTMENTS Looking at the Law 54 Juvenile Focus 62 Your Bookshelf on Review 69 Contributors to This Issue 72 The articles and reviews that appear in Federal Probation express the points of view of the persons who wrote them and not necessarily the points of view of the agencies and organizations with which these persons are affiliated. Moreover, Federal Probation's publication of the articles and reviews is not to be taken as an endorsement of the material by the editors, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, or the Federal Probation and Pretrial Services System.

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