Pre‐Sentence Reports, Risk Assessment and the Adversarial Process
Abstract
The role of the Probation Service in providing an information and assessment process to the courts is currently in a state of considerable flux. This paper, in reviewing the developments in Pre‐Sentence Report (PSR) writing by the Probation Service, suggests that for a number of reasons reports have become potentially contentious.
Citation
Harris, M. (1999), "Pre‐Sentence Reports, Risk Assessment and the Adversarial Process", The British Journal of Forensic Practice, Vol. 1 No. 1, pp. 12-17. https://doi.org/10.1108/14636646199900004
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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