TY - JOUR
T1 - Economic sanctions in criminal justice
T2 - Purposes, effects, and implications
AU - Ruback, R. Barry
AU - Bergstrom, Mark H.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2011 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2006/4
Y1 - 2006/4
N2 - In this article, the authors present a framework for considering five different economic sanctions: restitution, costs, fees, fines, and forfeiture. The intended purposes of these sanctions are described, and the research on the imposition of these sanctions is reviewed, particularly the extent to which offenders are likely to pay these court-ordered amounts and the effect of economic sanctions on recidivism. Four specific problems with economic sanctions are presented: setting the amounts of the sanctions, ensuring payment, setting priorities among different sanctions, and defining the roles of probation officers in the monitoring of payment.
AB - In this article, the authors present a framework for considering five different economic sanctions: restitution, costs, fees, fines, and forfeiture. The intended purposes of these sanctions are described, and the research on the imposition of these sanctions is reviewed, particularly the extent to which offenders are likely to pay these court-ordered amounts and the effect of economic sanctions on recidivism. Four specific problems with economic sanctions are presented: setting the amounts of the sanctions, ensuring payment, setting priorities among different sanctions, and defining the roles of probation officers in the monitoring of payment.
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U2 - 10.1177/0093854805284414
DO - 10.1177/0093854805284414
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33644614822
VL - 33
SP - 242
EP - 273
JO - Criminal Justice and Behavior
JF - Criminal Justice and Behavior
SN - 0093-8548
IS - 2
ER -