Citation

Feeney TG. Can. Soc. Forensic Sci. J. 1973; 6(1): 11-18.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1973, Canadian Society of Forensic Science, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

10.1080/00085030.1973.10757298

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

A Canadian legal scholar recommends that a better system of victim restitution could aid in the dual purpose of criminal law-deterrence and rehabilitation. The author suggests that if criminals were forced to repay victims, crime would be less profitable and therefore be deterred, and that compensating victims could have a rehabilitative effect on the criminal.