Federal Offenders Under Community Supervision, 1987-96:Special rept

摘要

Following the implementation of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, which took effect on November 1, 1987, Federal community supervision underwent two major changes: (1) a greater proportion of defendants convicted of a Federal offense were sentenced to a term of imprisonment as opposed to probation (2) offenders sentenced to prison, while no longer eligible for parole, were required to serve a defined term of supervision following release from prison. Additionally, the Sentencing Reform Act required the adoption and use of sentencing guidelines. The Federal sentencing guidelines, which also took effect on November 1, 1987, established sentencing ranges for each offense category. Many offenses for which probation was the typical preguideline sentence, particularly property and regulatory offenses, under the guidelines routinely result in sentences to prison.