USE OF RESTITUTION

• NCJ Number: 38873
• Journal: Crime and Delinquency Volume: 23 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1977) Pages: 57-67
• Author(s): B GALAWAY
• Date Published: 1977
• Length: 11 pages
• Corporate Author: National Council on Crime and Delinquency
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS PAPER REVIEWS CONTEMPORARY EXAMPLES OF THE USE OF RESTITUTION IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, AND EXPLORES A NUMBER OF ISSUES WHICH EMANATE FROM THE USE OF RESTITUTION.

Abstract

RESTITUTION IS DEFINED TO MEAN A REQUIREMENT, EITHER IMPOSED BY AGENTS OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM OR UNDERTAKEN VOLUNTARILY BY THE WRONGDOER BUT WITH THE CONSENT OF THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM, BY WHICH THE OFFENDER MAKES REPARATION FOR THE HARM RESULTING FROM THE OFFENSE. THE AUTHOR FIRST EXAMINES APPLICATIONS OF RESTITUTION IN PRETRIAL DIVERSION PROGRAMS, AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION, AND AS PART OF THE PROGRAM OF COMMUNITY CORRECTION CENTERS. A NUMBER OF RESTITUTION ISSUES ARE THEN DISCUSSED, INCLUDING THOSE RELATING TO THE LACK OF SPECIFICITY OF THE CONCEPT OF RESTITUTION, THE PURPOSE OF RESTITUTION, THE RELATION OF RESTITUTION TO OTHER CRIMINAL JUSTICE SANCTIONS, AND THE ROLE OF THE VICTIM IN RESTITUTION PROGRAMS....DMC