RT Article
T1 Assessing the Impact of Statutory Change: A Statewide Multilevel Analysis of Restitution Orders in Pennsylvania
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 51
IS 3
SP 318
OP 342
A1 Ruback, R. Barry
A1 Ruth, Gretchen R.
A1 Shaffer, Jennifer N.
LA Undetermined
YR 2005
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1526125080
AB This research analyzed decisions in 170,260 restitution-eligible cases in Pennsylvania from 1990 to 1998 to infer the policies underlying the imposition of restitution when it was discretionary and to assess whether a 1995 statutory change making restitution mandatory changed those policies. Multilevel analyses of restitution decisions from the 1990-1994 prestatutory change period suggested that judges considered restitution to be both a victim-focused sanction, in that restitution was ordered more for offenders who committed more serious crimes and for property offenders (whose crimes could be more easily quantified), and an offender-focused sanction, in that restitution was ordered more for offenders who pleaded guilty, offenders with no prior record, White offenders, and female offenders. The statutory change increased the proportion of restitution orders statewide from 1996 to 1998. Moreover it appeared to meet the policy goal of greater focus on victims. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
K1 Restitution
K1 Gesetzesänderung
K1 Rechtslage
DO 10.1177/0011128704269108