ASSESSMENT OF RESTITUTION IN THE MINNESOTA PROBATION SERVICES (ISSUED IN 2 UNNUMBERED VOLUMES)

• NCJ Number: 35789
• Author(s): S CHESNEY
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 150 pages
• Grant Number(s): 4700000274
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; Minnesota Governor's Cmssn on Crime Prevention and Control
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

STUDY TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT TO WHICH MINNESOTA COURTS USE RESTITUTION AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION, PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PERSONS ORDERED TO PAY RESTITUTION, AND CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE OFFENSE.

Abstract

THE STUDY ALSO SOUGHT TO DETERMINE THE WAYS IN WHICH THE COURTS STRUCTURED RESTITUTION, THE AMOUNTS OF RESTITUTION ORDERED AND COLLECTED RELATIVE TO REPORTED LOSSES, AND FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF RESTITUTION. DATA WERE COLLECTED THROUGH A SURVEY OF ALL COURTS IN THE STATE, EXAMINATION OF COURT RECORDS, INTERVIEWS WITH JUDGES AND PROBATION OFFICERS, AND INTERVIEWS WITH VICTIMS AND OFFENDERS. RESPONSES INDICATE THAT RESTITUTION EXISTED AS A CONDITION OF PROBATION IN ABOUT ONE-FOURTH OF ADULT FELONY CASES IN THE SAMPLE AND ABOUT ONE-FIFTH OF THE JUVENILE PROBATION CASES. OTHER FINDINGS REVEAL THAT RESTITUTION WAS MORE COMMON IN RURAL COUNTIES THAN URBAN COUNTIES AND THAT RESTITUTION WAS REQUIRED MORE OFTEN FOR PROPERTY CRIMES THAN FOR CRIMES OF PERSONAL VIOLENCE. OTHER FINDINGS ASSESS OFFENDER AND VICTIM ATTITUDES, AMOUNTS AND MANNERS OF PAYMENT, AND SUCCESS RATE OF PROBATIONERS ORDERED TO MAKE RESTITUTION. THE COURT SURVEY INSTRUMENT AND COVER LETTERS ARE APPENDED.