Quality and effectiveness in probation officers' reports to sentencers

Preparations to implement the 1991 Criminal Justice Act in England and Wales included a pilot study organized by the Home Office to assess the impact of introducing pre-sentence reports in a wider range of cases in the Crown Courts. This paper reports some findings from the study concerning the vari...

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VerfasserInnen: Gelsthorpe, Loraine 1953- (VerfasserIn) ; Raynor, Peter 1947- (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Druck Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 1995
In: The British journal of criminology
Jahr: 1995, Band: 35, Heft: 2, Seiten: 188-200
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Strafzumessung
Bewährungshilfeberichte
Pre-sentence reports
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Zusammenfassung:Preparations to implement the 1991 Criminal Justice Act in England and Wales included a pilot study organized by the Home Office to assess the impact of introducing pre-sentence reports in a wider range of cases in the Crown Courts. This paper reports some findings from the study concerning the variable quality of probation officers' reports; the level of agreement between the researchers' assessments of quality and those made by sentencers in the Crown Courts; and the impact of low and high quality reports on the sentencing process
ISSN:0007-0955