Federal District Courts' Implementation of the 1982 Pretrial Services Act
GGD-85-84
Published: Sep 26, 1985. Publicly Released: Oct 28, 1985.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) how the federal district courts are implementing the Pretrial Services Act of 1982; (2) the reliability of the pretrial services data being reported by the courts to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts; and (3) the initiatives taken to better utilize resources available for performing pretrial services.
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