In the past two decades, Canadian policies governing the structure and content of
presentence reports (PSRs) have shifted to focus more directly on the systematic
identification of offender's criminogenic risk and needs. In this article, we (1) examine how
risk-based approaches to offender management have altered the structure and format of the
PSR in Canada, and (2) contrast the structure of risk-based PSRs to Gladue reports for
Aboriginal offenders in Canada. Gladue reports are designed to identify the unique systemic …