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By Monidipa Fouzder2021-05-19T11:27:00+01:00
Pre-sentence reports are being piloted at 15 magistrates’ courts as part of the government s pledge to adopt a smarter approach to sentencing.
The reports help judges and magistrates assess the risk posed by an offender, the factors underlying their offending and the strengths they can draw on to move away from crime when they are considering imposing a community or custodial sentence. However, the number of pre-sentence reports has fallen from 156,659 in 2009 to 75,900 in 2019 – a 52% drop.
Lord chancellor Robert Buckland announced in his
A Smarter Approach to Sentencing white paper that he would test new ways to deliver pre-sentence reports in the magistrates’ courts as part of a