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Restitution as Innovation or Unfilled Promise?

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Sixteen years have elapsed since the establishment of the Minnesota Restitution Center in 1972. During this time requiring juvenile and adult offenders to make financial restitution to their victims has become an accepted practice in American criminal and juvenile justice. This article reviews what we have learned about restitution since 1972 and will consider restitution practices in light of early theory and work of Stephen Schafer.

This article is based on a paper presented at the National Juvenile Restitution Conference held in June 1987. The conference was supported by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) through the Restitution Education, Specialized Training and Technical Assistance (RESTTA) Project. The research involved was partially supported by technical assistance funds made available by the National Institute of Corrections (NIC). Information and points of view expressed in this paper are the responsibility of the author and do not necessarily reflect points of view or policy of RESTTA, OJJDP, NIC or the Department of Justice.

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Galaway, B. (1992). Restitution as Innovation or Unfilled Promise?. In: Fattah, E.A. (eds) Towards a Critical Victimology. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22089-2_12

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