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Sensemaking in the Legal System: A Comparative Case Study of Changes to Monetary Sanction Laws

Tyler Smith, Kristina J. Thompson, Michele Cadigan
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences January 2022, 8 (1) 63-81; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.1.03
Tyler Smith
aPh.D. students of sociology at the University of Washington, United States
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aPh.D. students of sociology at the University of Washington, United States
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Michele Cadigan
bAssistant professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology at Georgia Southern University, United States
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Tyler Smith, Kristina J. Thompson, Michele Cadigan
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Jan 2022, 8 (1) 63-81; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.1.03

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Tyler Smith, Kristina J. Thompson, Michele Cadigan
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Jan 2022, 8 (1) 63-81; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.1.03
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    • COURTS AS INHABITED INSTITUTIONS
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