Equitable Devices for Controlling Organized Vice
Jay Oliff · The Journal of Criminal Law Criminology and Police Science · 1958
limitations, and the situation. Restitution is a creative, not a mathematical, process. Instance. In Evansville, Ind., teenagers saw a newspaper ad requesting public backing for pay raises, and picketed City Hall, demanding better pay for the police. They explained that "Some of us have been giving the police trouble. We saw the ad and thought we'd switch sides." In Seattle, Wash., a teen-age boy stopped to change a flat tire for a woman, and declined pay. "He said he wants to combat the bad publicity teen-agers get." Although restitution is a voluntary act, an offender needs guidance. His initial thinking is in terms of avoiding or of enduring punishment, and