Are new directions warranted for the presentence report? An empirical assessment of its predictive utility in the adult court system

Journal of Crime and Justice

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 113-129

  Weinrath, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

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EID: 84998056852     PISSN: 0735648X     EISSN: 21589119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0735648X.1999.9721084     Document Type: Article

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