California Penal Code § 17.5(a)(8)(E)
Community Corrections
Penal Code Preliminary Provisions, Definitions
Preliminary Provisions
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(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
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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:
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(E) Restorative justice programs such as mandatory victim restitution and victim-offender reconciliation.