| Title: |
Predictors and Outcomes of Victim Restitution Orders
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| Journal: |
Justice Quarterly Vol.16 Issue: 4 Date: December 1999
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| Author: |
Maureen C. Outlaw; R. Barry Ruback
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| Editor: |
Finn-Aage Esbensen
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| Sponsor: |
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16802
National Institute of Justice
US Dept of Justice
810 Seventh Street NW
Washington, DC 20531
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Date
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1999
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| Page Count: |
23
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| Type: |
Applied research
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| Format: |
article
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| Language: |
English
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| Grant No.: |
97-CE-VX-0001
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| Note: |
Earlier portions of paper presented at the annual meetings of the Northeastern Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in 1998 and the American Society of Criminology in 1998.
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| Annotation: |
Adult probation cases in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in which restitution was or could have been a condition of probation were examined to explore factors related to the imposition of victim restitution, the payment of victim
restitution, and the effects of restitution on future arrests.
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| Abstract: |
The study also examined the extent to which the effectiveness of restitution was conditioned by community integration and determined whether the effects of restitution payment were unique. Data were obtained from 1994 adult probation records,
and information on all relevant measures was coded directly from sampled case files. Results indicated that judges ordered restitution most often when damages were easy to quantify, and that offenders were most likely to make payment when they were able
to pay and when the victim was a business. Restitution payment was negatively related to re-arrest, and this effect was especially strong among married persons. Implications of the findings for future research, theory, and policy are considered. 30
references, 2 footnotes, and 8 tables
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| Thesaurus Term: |
Criminology; Probationers; Recidivism; Victim compensation; Recidivists; Probation conditions; Restitution; NIJ grant-related documents; Pennsylvania
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