Restitution as a Sanction in Juvenile Court

• NCJ Number: 101690
• Journal: Crime and Delinquency Volume: 32 Issue: 2 Dated: (April 1986) Pages: 177-185
• Author(s): W G Staples
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 9 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Legislation/Policy Analysis
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: An earlier version of this article was presented at the annual meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Denver, November 1983.

Annotation

Over the past decade, restitution has assumed increasing significance as a sanction both in the juvenile and in the criminal justice system. The purpose of this article is to examine the current trend toward utilizing restitution from a critical and historical perspective.

Abstract

Current restitution policies and practices are placed within the context of three major trends in justice: (1) individualization of the juvenile court; (2) growing concern with the victims of crime, and (3) the blurring of the traditional distinction between criminal and tort law. Restitution as a sanction is evaluated in the context of these three developments, and the contemporary form of restitution is compared with its historical predecessors. (Author abstract)