NCJ Number
30601
Date Published
1968
Length
11 pages
Annotation
AFTER ESTABLISHING AN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE OF CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT AND VICTIM RESTITUTION, THE AUTHOR PROPOSES A NEW CONCEPT OF CORRECTIONAL RESTITUTION COMBINING CIVIL LAW COMPENSATION WITH THE MEDIEVAL NOTION OF COMPOSITION.
Abstract
'COMPOSITION' AS USED HERE REFERS TO THE MEDIEVAL PUNITIVE APPROACH OF 'MAKING UP' OR 'MAKING WHOLE'. INCLUDED IN THE PAPER ARE SOME RESULTS FROM THE AUTHOR'S RESEARCH INTO OFFENDERS' WILLINGNESS TO COMPENSATE VICTIMS.