Monetary Restitution/Pay or Else - Job Development, Subsidies, and Training (From Restitution Programs in Juvenile and Family Court, 1982, Tape R-9 - See NCJ-91403)

• NCJ Number: 91412
• Author(s): L M Rivers; A R Klein; M Hofford
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 0 pages
• Sale Source: National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. Running time: 1 hr. 15 mins.

Annotation

Based on the experiences of the Quincy, Mass., and South Carolina juvenile restitution programs, presentations discussing monetary restitution consider case management, payment scheduling, and developing employment placements for restitution clients.

Abstract

The Quincy program ('Earn It') has learned that the restitution program for a particular offender must be achievable if the program is to develop credibility and commitment from participants. Further, the restitution program should begin as soon as possible after the offense if the offender is to receive the full psychological impact of the program. Payment schedules should require payments to victims as soon as they are supplied by the offender even if the amounts are small, so as to give the victim the sense that the restitution program is progressing. Regarding probation case management under restitution programs, it is advised that standards for case attention should be based in the reliability of probationers in making restitution payments. In developing job placements for the youth on restitution, the South Carolina program has developed a liaison with the business community established by selling employers on the benefits of hiring the youth. In Quincy, Mass., the businesses most active in hiring the juveniles have been businesses with high turnover rates, such as fast foods businesses and caterers, and small businesses interested in making a positive contribution to the community. The South Carolina program has assumed the responsbility of training those juveniles who initially do not have sufficient skills to obtain the employment required for restitution. The tape provides the audio portion of a film on the Quincy program, along with questions and answers from the workshop and information on resources that may be consulted for training youth to obtain restitution employment.