This objective seeks to establish the original position the victim and community were in prior to when the offence was committed. According to Thomas Aquinas: “restitution restores an equality to the relationship between two private individuals by returning some good to the person from whom that good (or some other good of equal value) was take. It presupposes that what rightfully belongs to one person in the possession of another bound by justice to restore it.” Restitution or victim compensation can also, arguably, fall under retribution. According to s.738 of the Criminal Code, restitution orders may be: (i) “stand alone” orders imposed as an additional sentence, or (ii) a condition of probation; or (iii) as a condition of a conditional
This objective seeks to establish the original position the victim and community were in prior to when the offence was committed. According to Thomas Aquinas: “restitution restores an equality to the relationship between two private individuals by returning some good to the person from whom that good (or some other good of equal value) was take. It presupposes that what rightfully belongs to one person in the possession of another bound by justice to restore it.” Restitution or victim compensation can also, arguably, fall under retribution. According to s.738 of the Criminal Code, restitution orders may be: (i) “stand alone” orders imposed as an additional sentence, or (ii) a condition of probation; or (iii) as a condition of a conditional