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Date: November 22, 2024 Fri
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Results for pre-sentence reports
1 results foundAuthor: Northern Ireland. Criminal Justice Inspection Title: Pre-Sentence Reports Summary: The Probation Board for Northern Ireland (PBNI) is best known for the supervision of offenders. An equally important but less obvious aspect of its work is the delivery of Pre-Sentence Reports (PSRs) to the courts. A PSR provides the court with an assessment of the nature and causes of a defendant’s offending, the likelihood of re-offending, the risk of harm to the public, information on the range of appropriate disposals, areas to be addressed and additional measures. These reports have a major impact on the outcomes for the offender pre and post-sentence as well as for the public at large. The PBNI prepares around 6,000 PSRs each year. The demands on the Probation Board in the production of PSRs are increasing and it is important that they are completed within a robust quality assurance framework and that they are positively received by the court in deciding their sentencing options for offenders. The purpose of the inspection was to consider how the Probation Board assures quality control of PSRs, identify areas of good practice and make recommendations aimed at improving service delivery. The overall conclusion from the inspection was that there were clear arrangements in place for the quality control of PSRs and that there was a high degree of concordance between sentencing options and the options given in the PSR. The inspection confirmed the competency of the on-going quality control mechanisms. The quality of the PSRs produced by the Probation Board were held in high regard by the courts. The inspection made a number of recommendations aimed at improving current arrangements, including the need to increase the use of Specific Sentence Reports, where appropriate, and the need to engage with the Department of Justice (DoJ) concerning the use of PSRs as a vehicle towards influencing Community Sentence Orders. Details: Belfast: Criminal Justice Inspection Northern Ireland, 2011. 47p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed July 6, 2011 at: http://www.cjini.org/CJNI/files/7d/7d0d4159-4e96-4991-968e-0ef24365c699.pdf Year: 2011 Country: United Kingdom URL: http://www.cjini.org/CJNI/files/7d/7d0d4159-4e96-4991-968e-0ef24365c699.pdf Shelf Number: 121981 Keywords: Pre-Sentence ReportsPre-Sentence Reports (Northern Ireland)ProbationSentencing |