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  • 017040

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  • Published 2001.
  • 5 pages.

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The History of the Presentence Investigation Report

Publication year: 2001 | Cataloged on: Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: An introduction to presentence investigation reports (PSIs), "[c]onsidered among the most important documents in the criminal justice field," is presented (p. 1). This report covers: the origins of the PSI; content of the PSI -- offender-based reports and offense-based reports; PSI case law; and defense-based presentence reports.
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