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Community Restitution Services

The DeKalb County Community Restitution Services (CRS) Program has been an integral part of Court Services since 1980. The program is a statutory sentencing option available to the Court for both adult and juvenile offenders. The Court may order offenders to perform a specified number of community restitution service hours to be completed at a non-profit worksite in the county. A condition of CRS hours is a tangible consequence for law breaking behavior and also provides a mechanism for the offender to repair any harm or damage to the community at large in the form of free labor.

The Court may order CRS hours in felony, misdemeanor, DUI, traffic, and juvenile cases. Most, if not all, of the juvenile offenders ordered to perform CRS hours report both to the CRS Coordinator and to a Juvenile Probation Officer. In the adult arena, a significant number of the cases with CRS hours are not on Probation, but are placed on Court Supervision or Conditional Discharge, and report to the CRS Coordinator only. The CRS Coordinator meets regularly with the Juvenile and Adult Probation Officers to discuss the status of CRS hours in shared cases.

The CRS Coordinator meets with all clients with an intake interview.  At that time, clients will be given their options for completing hours. The CRS Coordinator monitors the completion of hours and reports compliance and non-compliance back to the Court. The CRS worksites and worksite supervisors are a critical part of the program. Over the years the DeKalb County CRS program has grown immensely from a handful of worksites to over 40 county-wide worksites that take CRS workers on a regular basis.

Stephanie VanPelt
CRS Coordinator
svanpelt@dekalbcounty.org

Stephanie VanPelt
CRS Coordinator
svanpelt@dekalbcounty.org

The DeKalb County Community Restitution Services (CRS) Program has been an integral part of Court Services since 1980. The program is a statutory sentencing option available to the Court for both adult and juvenile offenders. The Court may order offenders to perform a specified number of community restitution service hours to be completed at a non-profit worksite in the county. A condition of CRS hours is a tangible consequence for law breaking behavior and also provides a mechanism for the offender to repair any harm or damage to the community at large in the form of free labor.

The Court may order CRS hours in felony, misdemeanor, DUI, traffic, and juvenile cases. Most, if not all, of the juvenile offenders ordered to perform CRS hours report both to the CRS Coordinator and to a Juvenile Probation Officer. In the adult arena, a significant number of the cases with CRS hours are not on Probation, but are placed on Court Supervision or Conditional Discharge, and report to the CRS Coordinator only. The CRS Coordinator meets regularly with the Juvenile and Adult Probation Officers to discuss the status of CRS hours in shared cases.

The CRS Coordinator meets with all clients with an intake interview.  At that time, clients will be given their options for completing hours. The CRS Coordinator monitors the completion of hours and reports compliance and non-compliance back to the Court. The CRS worksites and worksite supervisors are a critical part of the program. Over the years the DeKalb County CRS program has grown immensely from a handful of worksites to over 40 county-wide worksites that take CRS workers on a regular basis.

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