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Monetary Sanctions as Chronic and Acute Health Stressors: The Emotional Strain of People Who Owe Court Fines and Fees

Alexes Harris, Tyler Smith
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences January 2022, 8 (2) 36-56; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.2.02
Alexes Harris
aUW Presidential Term Professor and sociology professor at the University of Washington, United States
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bDoctoral student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Washington, United States
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RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences Jan 2022, 8 (2) 36-56; DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.2.02

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    • THE STRESS PROCESS MODEL
    • CRIMINAL LEGAL CONTACT AND HEALTH OUTCOMES
    • MONETARY SANCTIONS AS STRESS PRODUCER
    • THIS STUDY
    • DATA AND METHODS
    • FINDINGS
    • CONNECTING LEGAL DEBT WITH HEALTH OUTCOMES
    • HOW PEOPLE DESCRIBED THEIR STRESS
    • PRIMARY STRESSOR: PUNISHMENT OF MONETARY SANCTIONS
    • SUPPORTING FAMILY AND CHILDREN
    • SECURING STRUCTURAL STABILITY
    • SECONDARY STRESSORS: CONSEQUENCES OF PENAL DEBT
    • MANDATED COURT APPEARANCES
    • LOSING A DRIVER’S LICENSE
    • SUMMARY: “I FEEL LIKE I WASN’ T FREE”
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