Identify and discuss the fourteen components normally contained in a PSI report

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

? Legal data – Arresting officer, victim, original charges filed, and summary of court action as well as complete description of offense and circumstances surrounding it (not limited to aspects developed for the record as part of the determination of guilt)
? Defendant statement – Defendant’s version of offense and his or her attitude
? Codefendant(s) – Information about any codefendant(s), including age and court status
? Victim statement – Statement from victim and description of victim’s status, impact on victim, losses suffered by victim, and restitution due to victim
? Prior record – Full description of offender’s prior juvenile and/or criminal record (if any).
? Probation/parole – Offender’s prior adjustment and performance on probation, parole, or any other supervised sentence (if any)
? Education and employment – Description of offender’s educational background, present employment status, financial status, and capabilities
? Military service – Description of offender’s military record (if applicable)
? Social history – Information on offender’s family relationships, marital status, dependents, interests and activities, residence history, and religious affiliations as well as reports from clinics, institutions, and other social agencies with which offender has been involved
? Medical and mental status – Offender’s medical history and (if desirable) psychological or psychiatric report.
? Environments – Information about environments to which offender might return or to which offender could be sent should probation be granted
? Community resources – Information about special resources available to assist offender, such as treatment centers, residential facilities, vocational training services, special educational facilities, rehabilitation programs of various institutions to which offender might be committed, special in probation department programs, and other similar programs particularly relevant to offender’s situation.
? Summary and analysis – List of most significant aspects of report (special effort should be made in preparation of PSI reports not to burden the court with irrelevant and unconnected details)
? Recommendation – Depending on the jurisdiction and or the sentencing judge’s preference, the PO may offer a sentencing recommendation; particularly important when probation is being considered