social inquiry report

British

noun

(in Britain) a report on a person and his or her circumstances, which may be required by a court before sentencing and is made by a probation officer or a social worker from a local authority social services department

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The judge told Kirkwood: "The risk assessment in the social inquiry report indicates to me that this is a case in which I should impose an extended sentence for the protection of the public."

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