Community service is most common, especially among programs dealing with adults only.
Juvenile programs are more likely to require offenders to make monetary or financial restitution. One reason for this difference may be the history of juvenile restitution programming, which includes lengthy Federal involvement and multiple opportunities for training. Direct service to victims is the rarest form of restitution, primarily because victims generally prefer to avoid contact with offenders. Through these meetings, victims lose much of their fear of offenders and often work out arrangements in which the offender makes restitution by performing a service for the victim. However, many programs view the process as instrumental.