A guideline for completing the Presentence Investigation Report (PSI), _______________, refers to PSI reporting officers verifying the facts contained in their report from some other source than the offender. If unverified information is included, it should be clearly designated as being unverified. It is important to note that unverified information can and does cause serious harm to the offender and also negatively impacts supervision and/or treatment programs in the future.
a. brevity
b. sources of information
c. technical words and phrases
d. style and format
b. sources of information
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