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How Automating Victim Restitution Helps Agencies Maximize Revenue Streams

Government Technology: Like so many areas of local government, automation has long been part of court systems across the nation — primarily to notify defendants, plaintiffs and prospective jurors of looming court dates.

But its popularity profile may be due for an uptick, especially in California, where passage of two markedly unpopular state measures — along with public agencies’ traditional desires to do more with less and maximize revenue streams — may be prompting more interest in motivating convicted offenders to repay the people they victimized.

Brett Sivits, a client executive at revenue cycle management provider Ontario Systems, told Government Technology that the company hears from agencies across the country that want to enhance victim restitution.

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