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Day fines

LC control no.sh 97006661
Topical headingDay fines
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Variant(s)Day-fine system
Day fines--Law and legislation
Structured fines
Variable fines
See alsoFines (Penalties)
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Scope noteHere are entered works on fines that are assessed for less serious offenses and that are based on the daily income of the offender.
Found in97121555: How to use structured fines (day fines) as an intermediate sanction, 1996.
Modern dictionary for the legal profession, 1996: p. 224 (day fine; legal fine which is calculated by multiplying a factor which represents the severity of the crime by a factor which represents the defendant's daily income)
Nat. crim. justice thesaurus, 1994 (Day fines)
LegalTrac database, 1980-Mar. 1997 (day-fine; day-fine system; day fines)
Vera Institute of Justice WWW site (day fines; means-based monetary penalties; variable fines)
Not found inBlacks law dict.