Juvenile Restitution as a Sole Sanction or Condition of Probation - An Empirical Analysis

• NCJ Number: 82562
• Journal: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency Volume: 19 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1982) Pages: 47-65
• Author(s): P R Schneider; W R Griffith; A L Schneider
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 19 pages
• Grant Number(s): 79-NJ-AX-0009
• Sponsoring Agency: US Securities and Exchange Cmssn
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Revised version of a paper presented at the 1980 meetings of the American Society of Criminology in San Francisco.

Annotation

This paper, based on data from more than 10,000 juvenile court cases involving restitution, compares the outcomes of cases in which offenders were sentenced to restitution as a condition of probation with those in which offenders were ordered to make restitution as a sole sanction.

Abstract

Judges frequently require that offenders, as a condition of probation, make restitution to their victims. Less frequently, restitution is ordered as a sole sanction, with no additional penalties or requirements. data indicate that youths receiving restitution as a sole sanction are more likely to complete the order successfully and less likely to commit new offenses while under the jurisdiction of the restitution project. (Author abstract)