The Imposition and Effects of Restitution in Four Pennsylvania Counties: Effects of Size of County and Specialized Collection Units

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 168-188

  Ruback, R Barry ^a   Shaffer, Jennifer N ^b   Logue, Melissa A ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY WEST   (United States)

^c SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contextual factors; Payment of economic sanctions; Restitution; Sentencing; Specialized collection units

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642364681     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128703258943     Document Type: Review

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