Section 15-18-68

Criteria for determining restitution.

In determining the manner, method or amount of restitution to be ordered the court may take into consideration the following:

(1) The financial resources of the defendant and the victim and the burden that the manner or method of restitution will impose upon the victim or the defendant;

(2) The ability of the defendant to pay restitution on an installment basis or on other conditions to be fixed by the court;

(3) The anticipated rehabilitative effect on the defendant regarding the manner of restitution or the method of payment;

(4) Any burden or hardship upon the victim as a direct or indirect result of the defendant's criminal acts;

(5) The mental, physical and financial well being of the victim.

(Acts 1980, No. 80-588, p. 928, §4.)