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Week 1: The Sentencing and Correctional ProcessAttention: You will not be able to see your
Week 1: The Sentencing and Correctional ProcessAttention: You will not be able to see your peers’ responses until you make your first post.
For this discussion topic, you must complete and respond to the following.
Examine presentence investigation requirements and describe the purpose behind the practice.
Describe the information presentence investigators present to the court prior to the judge determining a sentence.
Make a determination as to whether presentence investigations promote harsher penalties or if the information presented to the court serves to mitigate the sentence.
Find a state that no longer uses presentence investigations and determine why the courts eliminated the practice.
Please support your thoughts.