Title

Attitudes And Practices Of Federal Probation Officers Toward Pre-Plea/Trial Investigative Report Policy

Abstract

Federal courts rely on information contained in pre-sentence investigations to determine sentence length. However, defendants do not have access to this prior to entering a plea. Thus many offenders have received sentences longer than what was anticipated during plea negotiations. The authors surveyed chief federal probation officers (n = 96) to measure the feasibility of pre-plea reports being prepared. The 68% response rate provided strong indication of practices and attitudes. Despite the increased work associated with such a system, some support does exist for the concept. Further, most respondents acknowledged that such a system would be beneficial to defendants. © 1995, SAGE Periodicals Press. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

1-1-1995

Publication Title

Crime & Delinquency

Volume

41

Issue

3

Number of Pages

364-377

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0011128795041003006

Socpus ID

84965519545 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84965519545

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