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Statutory Inequality: The Logics of Monetary Sanctions in State Law

Brittany Friedman, Mary Pattillo
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences February 2019, 5 (1) 174-196; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2019.5.1.08
Brittany Friedman
Assistant professor of sociology and faculty affiliate of the Program in Criminal Justice at Rutgers University
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    • THE NEOLIBERAL LOGICS OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND CARCERAL EXPANSION
    • RESEARCH ON MONETARY SANCTIONS
    • SETTING, DATA, AND METHODS
    • WHAT ARE DEFENDANTS EXPECTED TO PAY FOR AND WHY?
    • WHAT ACCOMMODATIONS ARE MADE FOR DEFENDANTS’ ABILITY TO PAY?
    • WHAT ARE THE CONSEQUENCES FOR NOT PAYING?
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