NCJ Number
91403
Date Published
1982
Length
0 pages
Annotation
Tapes of the general sessions and workshops of a conference on juvenile restitution focus on such issues as the benefits of monetary and community service restitution programs for juveniles, initiating statewide restitution programs, various structures for restitution programs, obtaining community support, restitution evaluation findings and evaluation techniques, and legal issues involved in the use of restitution programs.
Abstract
In advocating restitution as a sanction for juvenile offenders, emphasis is given to the demonstration of accountability for harmful behavior committed as well as the positive contributions made to victims and the community. The various forms of restitution programs described include those administered by a State agency statewide, those administered by a private community-based organization, and those developed and operated by county juvenile courts. Workshops cover such topics as the development of realistic program purposes and objectives, obtaining community support for restitution programs, and the advantages and disadvantages of preadjudication (diversion), postadjudication, and postincarceration restitution programs. A general session presentation considers the various forms of restitution (monetary and community service) and how they might be combined. Other workshops focus on procedures for developing community service programs, developing job placements for youth participating in financial restitution, and how to develop an evaluation structure for a restitution program. Closing presentations consider the development of restitution programs in Great Britain as compared with their use in the United States as well as maintaining restitution programs in the 1980's in the midst of government budget cutbacks. For individual presentations, see NCJ 91404-17.