Drawing Blood from Stones: Legal Debt and Social Inequality in the Contemporary United States  

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Beckett, Katherine ; Harris, Alexes

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: AJS: American Journal of Sociology vol. 115 no. 06 (May 2010), page 1753-1799.
Topik: Legal Debt; Social Inequality;
Fulltext: The American Journal of Sociology, Vol. 115, No. 6 (May 2010), pp. 1753-1799.pdf (376.38KB)

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The expansion of the U.S. penal system has important consequences for poverty and inequality, yet little is known about the imposition of onetary sanctions. This study analyzes national and state-level court data to asses their imposition and interview data to identify their social and legal consequences. Findings indicate the monetary sanctions are imposed on a substantial majority of the millions of people convicted of crimes in the United States annually and that legal debt is substantial relative to expected earnings. The indebtedness reproduce disadvantage by reducing family income, by limiting access to opportunities and resources, and by increasing the likelihood of ongoing criminal justice involvement.

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