2010 FEDERAL SENTENCING GUIDELINES MANUAL

CHAPTER SEVEN – VIOLATIONS OF PROBATION AND SUPERVISED RELEASE

PART A – INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER SEVEN

5. A Concluding Note

The Commission views these policy statements for revocation of probation and supervised release as the first step in an evolutionary process. The Commission expects to issue revocation guidelines after judges, probation officers, and practitioners have had an opportunity to apply and comment on the policy statements.

In developing these policy statements, the Commission assembled two outside working groups of experienced probation officers representing every circuit in the nation, officials from the Probation Division of the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, the General Counsel’s office at the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, and the U.S. Parole Commission. In addition, a number of federal judges, members of the Criminal Law and Probation Administration Committee of the Judicial Conference, and representatives from the Department of Justice and federal and community defenders provided considerable input into this effort.

Historical Note: Effective November 1, 1990 (see Appendix C, amendment 362). Amended effective November 1, 2002 (see Appendix C, amendment 646); November 1, 2009 (see Appendix C, amendment 733).

(EFFECTIVE November 1, 2010)

United States Sentencing Commission