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Presentencing Investigations & Reports
Analytical Essay # 13404
Presentencing Investigations & Reports
Examines the history, purposes and features of determinate & mandatory sentences. Looks at issues of parole & probation, legal guidelines, due process and possible alternatives.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages) |
21 sources |
1999
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" PRESENTENCING INVESTIGATIONS AND REPORTSThis research paper traces the history in the United States of the presentencing investigation (PSI) and presentencing report (PSIR), sometimes called predispositional reports in the case of juveniles. Today PSIs and PSIRs play an integral part in the sentencing of criminal defendants, especially those convicted of felonies and juvenile offenses, in federal and state courts and are used for other post-conviction purposes. The principal factor determining the nature, content and rights of criminal litigants with respect to PSIs and PSIRS has been the historical evolution of and changes in sentencing philosophy and practice.
Historical Origins (1840-1970)
According to Klein (1997), "presentence investigations go back to the beginning of probation in the 1840s," to the first.."
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