Supervision is an undervalued part of the correctional services. This collection of articles fosters a discussion about community supervision by examining new directions that build on the prior work of the 1990s. With over 6 million adults and over 500,000 youth under some form of supervision, there is a renewed importance placed on improving outcomes from community supervision. The new approaches provide a reenergized confidence in the effectiveness of community supervision. The current trend in the supervision field is to adopt “evidence-based practices.” A new generation of innovations is occurring in the supervision field that is directed at interaction between the offender and the supervision employer for the purpose of building a rapport that can lead to behavior change. The historical context for this change in style of supervision is presented, as well as a description of articles that are geared to new models for delivering supervision services. References