Coordination at the Front-End of Sentencing: The Judiciary, Probation, and the Pre-Sentence Report
Publication year:
2008
| Cataloged on:
Apr. 07, 2009
ANNOTATION: This report discusses "specifically, how improvements in the PSR [pre-sentence report] might improve accuracy and efficiency in sentencing and probation" (p. 5). Sections of this publication are: executive summary; the state of the PSR in California; key takeaway points from California's PSR experts; the PSR outside California; PSRs on the ground -- the perspectives of probation officers, judges, and court administrators; and conclusion.