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ArticleThe Russell Sage Foundation journal of the social sciences : RSF2022

What Is Wrong with Monetary Sanctions? Directions for Policy, Practice, and Research.

Brittany Friedman, Alexes Harris, Beth M Huebner, Karin D Martin, Becky Pettit, Sarah K S Shannon, Bryan L Sykes

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Article in The Russell Sage Foundation journal of the social sciences : RSF, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Intersectional structural oppression as a fundamental cause: Reflections on implementing a medical-legal partnership project.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2025
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  6. What Is Wrong with Monetary Sanctions? Directions for Policy, Practice, and Research.The Russell Sage Foundation journal of the social sciences : RSF · 2022
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  7. Studying the System of Monetary Sanctions.The Russell Sage Foundation journal of the social sciences : RSF · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Brittany Friedmansociology at the University of Southern California, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-8868-9134
Alexes HarrisSociology at University of Washington, United States.
Beth M HuebnerDepartment of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, United States. United States.ORCID 0000-0003-4783-3889
Karin D MartinDaniel J. Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington, United States.ORCID 0000-0003-1094-6425
Becky PettitLiberal Arts in Sociology at the University of Texas at Austin, United States, where she is also a faculty affiliate of the Population Research Center.
Sarah K S Shannonsociology at the University of Georgia, United States.ORCID 0000-0001-7192-5850
Bryan L SykesDepartment of Criminology, Law and Society (and, by courtesy, Sociology and Public Health) at the University of California, Irvine, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9980-8952

Funding

Scientific/Technical CoreP2CHD042828 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI SARA R. CURRAN · 2017 to 2026
$6.3M
Scientific & Technical CoreP2CHD042849 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN · PI Elizabeth T. Gershoff · 2017 to 2026
$5.2M
NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD042828NICHD NIH HHS P2C HD042849
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Monetary sanctions are an integral and increasingly debated feature of the American criminal legal system. Emerging research, including that featured in this volume, offers important insight into the law governing monetary sanctions, how they are levied, and how their imposition affects inequality. Monetary sanctions are assessed for a wide range of contacts with the criminal legal system ranging from felony convictions to alleged traffic violations with important variability in law and practice across states. These differences allow for the identification of features of law, policy, and practice that differentially shape access to justice and equality before the law. Common practices undermine individuals' rights and fuel inequality in the effects of unpaid monetary sanctions. These observations lead us to offer a number of specific recommendations to improve the administration of justice, mitigate some of the most harmful effects of monetary sanctions, and advance future research.

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abolitiondatafines and feesLFOsmonetary sanctionspolicy

Identifiers

PMID37342867
PMCPMC10281253

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