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Monetary Sanctions and Symbiotic Harms

Daniel J. Boches, Brittany T. Martin, Andrea Giuffre, Amairini Sanchez, Aubrianne L. Sutherland, Sarah K.S. Shannon
RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences January 2022, 8 (2) 98-115; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7758/RSF.2022.8.2.05
Daniel J. Boches
aDoctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia, United States
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Brittany T. Martin
bAssistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at Western Kentucky University, United States
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Andrea Giuffre
cDoctoral candidate in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Missouri–St. Louis, United States
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Amairini Sanchez
dDoctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia, United States
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Aubrianne L. Sutherland
eB.A. from the University of California, Irvine
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Sarah K.S. Shannon
fAssociate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Georgia, United States
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    • SYMBIOTIC HARMS OF PUNISHMENT
    • EXTENDING SYMBIOTIC HARMS TO MONETARY SANCTIONS
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    • HOW FAMILIES PAY MONETARY SANCTIONS
    • HOW FAMILIES ARE LEVERAGED TO COLLECT MONETARY SANCTIONS
    • HOW MONETARY SANCTIONS CAUSE CONFLICT
    • WHEN FAMILY IS ABSENT
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