Off Paper: The Criminal Justice Podcast from the FJC

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Off Paper – Episode 14: The Case of the Addicted Bank Robber: How the FJC and Harvard are Educating the Courts

Mark A. Sherman, Francis X. Shen, Nancy Gertner, Judith Edersheim, Cassandra J. Snyder

March 4, 2020

Host Mark Sherman talks with Judge Nancy Gertner (ret.) of Harvard Law School, Dr. Francis Shen and Dr.

Off Paper - Episode 13: "Reentry Begins at Arrest": A Conversation with Chief U.S. Pretrial Services Officer Christine Dozier (Ret.)

Mark A. Sherman, Christine Dozier

December 10, 2019

Chief U.S.

Off Paper - Episode 12: A Conversation with U.S. Probation Community Resources Specialist Clark Porter

Mark A. Sherman, Clark E. Porter

September 18, 2019

Clark Porter was arrested for robbing a post office in St. Louis at age seventeen in 1986. He was sentenced to thirty-five years in federal prison and ended up serving fifteen years. While on parole he received his bachelor’s degree in social work from Washington University in St. Louis.

Off Paper – Episode 11: A Conversation About Presentence Investigation, the Presentence Report, and Sentencing

Mark A. Sherman, Connie M. Smith, Ricardo S. Martinez

July 17, 2019

Chief U.S. Probation Officer Connie Smith and Chief U.S.

Off Paper – Episode 10: Smart Supervision Project, Multnomah County, Oregon

Kate Desmond, Keith Murphy, Mark A. Sherman, Alisha Moreland-Capuia

February 14, 2019

On this episode of Off Paper, host Mark Sherman talks to Dr.

Off Paper - Episode 9: Neurodevelopment, Adversity, and Trauma: What Research Tells Us and Why it Matters for Criminal Justice Professionals – A Conversation with Dr. Robert Kinscherff

Mark A. Sherman, Robert Kinscherff

December 20, 2018

There are many disciplines and experiences that go into the successful supervision of justice-involved individuals. On this episode of Off Paper, the criminal justice podcast from the FJC, host Mark Sherman talks to an individual whose career weaves together many of those threads. Dr.

Off Paper – Episode 8: The New Post-Conviction Supervision Policy for U.S. Probation Officers

Mark A. Sherman, Brad Whitley, Scott VanBenschoten, Jonathan Hurtig, John E Bentley

August 9, 2018

Over the last several years, the federal probation and pretrial services system has shifted its focus from being primarily concerned with monitoring and ensuring the compliance of individuals on pretrial release, probation, or post-incarceration supervised release, to primarily seeking to reduce

Off Paper – Episode 7: The Role of Empirical Research in Federal Probation and Pretrial Practice

Mark A. Sherman, Matt DeLisi, Katherine Tahja, Michael Elbert

June 20, 2018

In this episode of Off Paper, Chief Elbert, Assistant Deputy Chief Katherine Tahja (S.D.

Off Paper - Episode 6: A Conversation with Chief U.S. Probation Officer Doug Burris

Mark A. Sherman, Douglas Burris

April 5, 2018

This episode of Off Paper is a conversation with Doug Burris about innovation and leadership in the criminal justice system. Mr. Burris has served for 17 years as the Chief U.S. Probation Officer for the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Missouri.

Off Paper – Episode 4: Trends in Federal and State Pretrial Justice (Part 1 of 2)

Mark A. Sherman, Christine Dozier, Cherise Fanno Burdeen

October 19, 2017

The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits the government from requiring a criminal defendant to pay "excessive bail" in order to get out of jail before trial. Nevertheless, nearly half a million people across the country are in pretrial detention.

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