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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Tipo de documento: | Print Artículo |
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1995
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The British journal of criminology
Año: 1995, Volumen: 35, Número: 2, Páginas: 188-200 |
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Disponibilidad en Tübingen: | Disponible en Tübingen. IFK: In: Z 7 |
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Sumario: | 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 |
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ISSN: | 0007-0955 |