The Federal Probation and Pretrial Services System Since 1975: An Era of Growth and Change.
The article focuses on the growth and transformation of the Federal Probation and Pretrial Services System in the United States from 1975 through the mid-1990s. It details key legislative acts, such as the Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984 and the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, which shifted t...
| Publicado en: | Federal Probation Vol. 89; no. 1; pp. 49 - 57 |
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