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- Title
CLASSIFYING CRIME VICTIM RESTITUTION: THE THEORETICAL ARGUMENTS AND PRACTICAL CONSEQUENCES OF LABELING RESTITUTION AS EITHER A CRIMINAL OR CIVIL LAW CONCEPT.
- Authors
Shephard, Bridgett N.
- Abstract
The article focuses on the arguments based on the classification of crime victim restitution as a criminal or civil concept. Topics discussed include the difference between criminal and civil law, the history of the law pertaining to victim restitution and the historical precedent and theories of punishment. It mentions the impacts of the introduction of civil liability devices into the restitution analysis and the concept of consent in the law.
- Subjects
UNITED States; VICTIM compensation; CRIMINAL law; CIVIL law; PUNISHMENT; CIVIL liability laws; CONSENT (Law); LAW
- Publication
Lewis & Clark Law Review, 2014, Vol 18, Issue 3, p801
- ISSN
1557-6582
- Publication type
Article