Selected Summaries of Research Reports and Documents From the Evaluation of the National Juvenile Restitution Initiative

• NCJ Number: 96623
• Author(s): P R Schneider; A L Schneider
• Date Published: 1983
• Length: 29 pages
• Grant Number(s): 77-NI-99-0005; 79-JS-AX-0009; 82-JS-AX-0025
• Sponsoring Agency: National Institute of Justice (NIJ); Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP); US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: Institute of Policy Analysis
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; NCJRS Photocopy Services
• Publication Type: Program/Project Evaluation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This document contains 15 summaries of research reports on juvenile restitution programs, prepared as part of the National Evaluation of Juvenile Restitution.

Abstract

Two summaries cover the experimental design, research objectives, and performance of the National Juvenile Restitution project, while several others focus on program models implemented by juvenile courts, their rates of completion, and reoffense rates. Other topics discussed are reasons for programs' implementation failures, legal issues that pose problems for restitution orders, and legal rights and responsibilities involved in paying restitution to insurance companies. Methodological issues addressed include the application of statistical power analysis to research in field settings and use of the Juvenile Offender Instrument in selected sites. Other reports examine whether restitution should be used alone or as a condition of probation, factors contributing to successful completion rates, State-administered programs, and job subsidies in juvenile restitution projects. A list of products from the evaluation is appended.