California - Preliminary Provisions

Cal. Penal Code § 17.5 (West)

Population: All populations

Legal Features: Definition

Law Type: Statute

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(8) “Community-based punishment” means correctional sanctions and programming encompassing a range of custodial and noncustodial responses to criminal or noncompliant offender activity. Community-based punishment may be provided by local public safety entities directly or through community-based public or private correctional service providers, and include, but are not limited to, the following: […]
(E) Restorative justice programs such as mandatory victim restitution and victim-offender reconciliation.

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