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GGD-85-14 1 (1985-04-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabezr0001 and id is 1 raw text is: BY THE US, GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Report To The Attorney General And The Director, Administrative Office Of The U.S. Courts Presentence Evaluations Of Offenders Can Be More Responsive To The Needs Of The Judiciary Before making final sentencing decisions, federal judges can obtain additional offender information which generally involves expert psychological or psychiatric evaluations. To be useful to the judiciary, these presentence evaluations should be performed to help judges in sentencing and be tailored to the offender. Currently, there are no criteria for determining when such evaluations are needed, nor has guidance been developed on the types of questions that experts can be expected to answer. GAO has recommended that the Judicial Conference and the Attorney General work together to (1) develop criteria for the selection of cases appropriate for the observation and study; (2) develop and disseminate guidance to district courts on the types of questions that experts can be expected to answer; and (3) establish a system for regular evaluation of whether studies performed for the district courts are responsive to their needs. Three of the four agencies commenting on the report concurred with GAO's recommendations. The fourth raised several questions which have been answered in the report. ,b., D S 7,',l 2 126691 U GAO/GGD-85-14 cOU ,APRIL 9, 1985 28o /4 6 /

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