RESTITUTION TO VICTIMS OF CRIME - AN OLD CORRECTIONAL AIM MODERNIZED (FROM CRIMINOLOGICAL CONTROVERSIES, 1968 BY RICHARD D. KNUDTEN - SEE NCJ-02414)

• NCJ Number: 30601
• Author(s): S SCHAFER
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: Appleton-Century-Crofts
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

AFTER ESTABLISHING AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT AND VICTIM RESTITUTION, THE AUTHOR PROPOSES A NEW CONCEPT OF CORRECTIONAL RESTITUTION COMBINING CIVIL LAW COMPENSATION WITH THE MEDIEVAL NOTION OF COMPOSITION.

Abstract

'COMPOSITION' AS USED HERE REFERS TO THE MEDIEVAL PUNITIVE APPROACH OF 'MAKING UP' OR 'MAKING WHOLE'. INCLUDED IN THE PAPER ARE SOME RESULTS FROM THE AUTHOR'S RESEARCH INTO OFFENDERS' WILLINGNESS TO COMPENSATE VICTIMS.