The research set out to discover whether the 1991 Act and the National Standards had been successful in changing the form and nature of reports, and in particular whether the 1993 pre-sentence reports focused upon offending behaviour and the seriousness of the offence to a significantly greater extent than did
social inquiry reports before the implementation of the Act.
Judge Hale remanded Boy X on bail to reappear for sentencing on November 12 and ordered
social inquiry reports.
(1988),
Social Inquiry Reports. Aldershot: Wildwood House.
Sheriff Nikola Stewart said the
social inquiry reports on White were the worst she had seen in a long time.
Pollock, who faces a life sentence, was remanded back into custody while
social inquiry reports are obtained.
As far as the former is concerned the book is, as might be expected, a competent piece of scholarship with chapters covering criminal statistics and crime surveys, fear and victims of crime, situational crime prevention, gender and race, sentencing practice, and the role of
social inquiry reports (interestingly, this terminology already feels somewhat dated - |pre-sentence reports' seems to have entered common parlance quickly), and some of the issues developing from the concept of supervision in the community.
The sheriff called for a restriction of liberty assessment and community service and
social inquiry reports.
Lord Bonomy deferred sentence on Thompson until February 7 for
social inquiry reports.
Sheriff Vincent Canavan yesterday deferred sentence for psychiatric and
social inquiry reports.
How often are
social inquiry reports or the recommendations of welfare officers not followed?
Deferring sentence for
social inquiry reports, sheriff Robert McCreadie told the accused: "This is a serious matter."
Sheriff Joyce Powrie deferred sentence for
social inquiry reports.