NCJ Number
41838
Editor(s)
J HUDSON,
B GALAWAY
Date Published
1977
Length
187 pages
Annotation
THIS BOOK IS A COLLECTION OF ARTICLES, FIRST PRESENTED AT THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON RESTITUTION HELD IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA IN NOVEMBER 1975, ON THE USE OF OFFENDER REPARATIONS IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM.
Abstract
THE CONCEPT OF RESTITUTION, NEITHER NEW NOR NOVEL, IS ATTRACTING RENEWED INTEREST BECAUSE OF ITS POTENTIAL UTILITY AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE. THE PAPERS IN THIS VOLUME TRACE THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONCEPT, IDENTIFY DIFFERENT CULTURAL USES OF RESTITUTION, AND EXPLORE AND ASSESS SOME OF THE COMPLEX ISSUES INVOLVED IN OPERATIONALIZING RESTITUTION PROGRAMMING. OTHER SECTIONS OF THE BOOK DISCUSS RECENT LEGISLATIVE, POLICY, AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENTS RELEVANT TO THE IDEA OF HOLDING OFFENDERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR MAKING REPARATIONS TO THEIR VICTIMS. A SURVEY OF 19 OPERATIONAL RESTITUTION PROGRAMS ARE APPENDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)...MSP