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social inquiry (or enquiry) report

a report on a person and his or her circumstances, which may be required by a court before sentencing and is made by a probation officer or a social worker from a local authority social services department. Sometimes it is an essential preliminary to any question of a custodial sentence.

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It has long been accepted that social inquiry reports may make recommendations as to the sentence an offender should receive.

Pre-sentence reports; the effects of legislation and national standards

1977), 'Decision-making and Social Inquiry Reports in One juvenile Court', British Journal of Social Work, 7: 421-32.

Quality and effectiveness in probation officers' reports to sentencers

Sheriff Nikola Stewart said the social inquiry reports on White were the worst she had seen in a long time.

NEIGHBOUR ASSAULTED WITH SQUIRREL; Thug is jailed for hurling ornament during bust-up

Pollock, who faces a life sentence, was remanded back into custody while social inquiry reports are obtained.

FAMILY CHEER AS COP KILLER IS CONVICTED; Judge hits out at celebrating relatives

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.

Crime, Criminal Justice and the Probation Service

The sheriff called for a restriction of liberty assessment and community service and social inquiry reports.

Teenage sex text fireman resigns

Lord Bonomy deferred sentence on Thompson until February 7 for social inquiry reports.

GENTLEMAN GERALD WAS STAMPED TO DEATH; Thug guilty of 'savage' attack on Good Samaritan

Sheriff Vincent Canavan yesterday deferred sentence for psychiatric and social inquiry reports.

RADIO SOCCER PUNDIT FACES PRISON FOR CHILD SEX ACTS

How often are social inquiry reports or the recommendations of welfare officers not followed?

How the Law Thinks About Children

Deferring sentence for social inquiry reports, sheriff Robert McCreadie told the accused: "This is a serious matter.

BLACK WATCH CADETS IN KNIFE RAID ON SHOP; Three thugs admit masked attack

Sheriff Joyce Powrie deferred sentence for social inquiry reports.

PERV IS PLACED IN KIDS HOSTEL

Her study is based upon an analysis of 122 social inquiry reports, observation of court hearings, and interviews conducted with over ninety magistrates in six juvenile courts in northern England.