Assessing the Impact of Statutory Change: A Statewide Multilevel Analysis of Restitution Orders in Pennsylvania

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. Multile...

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Main Author: Ruback, R. Barry (Author)
Contributors: Ruth, Gretchen R. ; Shaffer, Jennifer N.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:Undetermined language
Published: 2005
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2005, Volume: 51, Issue: 3, Pages: 318-342
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Keywords:
Gesetzesänderung
Rechtslage
Restitution