NCJ Number
220163
Date Published
October 2007
Length
60 pages
Annotation
In this guide, legislators, corrections administrators, court officials, victim advocates, child support enforcement officials, social service providers, and others interested in the repayment of debts owed by people released from prisons and jails will find specific, practical recommendations to help them increase accountability among people who commit crimes, improve rates of child support collection and victim restitution, and make people’s transition from prisons and jails to the community safe and successful.
Abstract
This report discusses the financial obligations of people released from prisons and jails and includes recommendations to help policymakers increase accountability among people who commit crimes, improve rates of child support collection and victim restitution, and make people's transition from prisons and jails to the community safe and successful.
Date Published: October 1, 2007