The price of poverty: Policy implications of the unequal effects of monetary sanctions on the poor

I Slavinski, K Spencer-Suarez - Journal of Contemporary …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the last several decades, with the rise of mass incarceration in the United States and
its steep costs, governments at the federal, state, and local levels have dramatically ramped …

Pay or display: Monetary sanctions and the performance of accountability and procedural integrity in New York and Illinois courts

KD Martin, K Spencer-Suarez, G Kirk - RSF: The Russell Sage …, 2022 - rsfjournal.org
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 …

A mixed-methods study of social identities in mental health care among LGBTQ young adults of color.

…, D Camacho, KN Spencer-Suarez - American Journal of …, 2021 - psycnet.apa.org
Social identities have been shown to reflect normative beliefs and practices that can impact
important health behaviors. A better understanding of how this process unfolds among …

Dual debtors: Child support and criminal legal financial obligations

VL Horowitz, K Spencer-Suarez… - Social Service …, 2022 - journals.uchicago.edu
Child support arrears and criminal monetary sanctions are two forms of state-imposed debt
that have gained increasing attention for their role in perpetuating inequality. Although past …

Navigating the monetary sanctions maze: Understanding and confusion among criminal legal debtors

K Spencer-Suarez, KD Martin - Journal of Contemporary …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Monetary sanctions in the criminal legal system are legally and procedurally complex. If not
paid in a timely manner, a single conviction can result in multiple legal financial obligations, …

Case workers in family court: A therapeutic jurisprudence analysis

V Lens, CC Katz, KS Suarez - Children and Youth Services Review, 2016 - Elsevier
This study explores interactions between judges and caseworkers in child maltreatment
cases. We examined the extent to which judges demonstrated therapeutic jurisprudence …

Factoring in Family: Considerations of Parenthood in the Assessment, Enforcement, and Collection of Legal Financial Obligations (LFOs)

BT Martin, K Spencer Suarez, A Giuffre… - The British Journal of …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Prior research has yet to address how criminal legal system actors take parenthood into
account when imposing and enforcing LFOs. Drawing on evidence from 205 semi-structured …

Aging electorates and gerontocracy: The politics of aging in a global world

FM Torres-Gil, K Spencer-Suarez - International handbook on …, 2014 - elgaronline.com
1. IntroductIon this chapter examines the evolving nature of politics and aging in a global
world where most nations are now confronting fundamental demographic changes. the …

[BOOK][B] Reintegration in the Red: Navigating Child Support Arrears After Prison

K Spencer-Suarez - 2021 - search.proquest.com
For most formerly incarcerated people, the transition from prison to free society is fraught with
challenges and constraints, some of which can persist for years, even decades, after one is …

The Older Americans Act and the nexus of aging and diversity

F Torres-Gil, K Spencer-Suarez… - Handbook on minority …, 2014 - books.google.com
This chapter examines the Older Americans Act (OAA) through the prism of the coming
nexus of aging and ethnic/racial diversity. The United States is facing unprecedented …