The study used contingent valuation (willingness to pay) methodology to infer preferences for compensation programs and explore predictors of those preferences. Overall, the findings indicate that the public strongly supports the implementation of victim compensation programs. The results also indicate, however, that this support may be driven in part by perceptions of benefiting from this program directly in the future. Additionally, a small but notable minority of respondents exhibit preferences for programs without compensation. These findings suggest that the general public is supportive of restitutive compensation programs, not only as paid for by offenders, but also as paid for by the government. The authors suggest that policy makers may seek to extend victim compensation funds to white collar crimes, which may otherwise be more financially damaging than traditional crimes. (publisher abstract modified)
Downloads
Similar Publications
- Development of a Non-destructive Technique for the Restoration of Defaced Serial Numbers
- Computational methods for the interpretation of forensic DNA samples
- Utilizing Derivatizing Agents for the Differentiation of Cannabinoid isomers in Complex Food, Beverage and Personal-care Product Matrices by Ambient Ionization Mass Spectrometry