RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Pay or Display: Monetary Sanctions and the Performance of Accountability and Procedural Integrity in New York and Illinois Courts
JF RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
FD Russell Sage Foundation
SP 128
OP 147
DO 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.1.06
VO 8
IS 1
A1 Karin D. Martin
A1 Kimberly Spencer-Suarez
A1 Gabriela Kirk
YR 2022
UL http://www.rsfjournal.org/content/8/1/128.abstract
AB This article proposes the centrality of procedural integrity—or fidelity to local norms of case processing—to the post-sentencing adjudication of monetary sanctions. We draw on insights gained from observations of more than 4,200 criminal cases in sixteen courts in New York and Illinois and find that procedural integrity becomes a focal point in the absence of monetary sanctions paid in full and on time. This examination of the interplay between the sociolegal context and workgroups within courtrooms brings to light how case processing pressure, mandatory monetary sanctions, defendants with pronounced financial insecurity, and judicial discretion inform the role monetary sanctions play in court operations.