Monetary sanctions mandated in state statutes include fines, fees, restitution, and other legal
costs imposed on persons convicted of crimes and other legal violations. Drawing on …

Monetary sanctions include fines, fees, restitution, surcharges, interest, and other costs
imposed on people who are convicted of crimes ranging from traffic violations to violent …

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 up …

Monetary sanctions are an integral and increasingly debated feature of the American
criminal legal system. Emerging research, including that featured in this volume, offers …

Low-level misdemeanor and traffic violations draw tens of millions of people into local courts
to pay fines and fees each year, generating billions of dollars in revenue. We examine how …

Over seven million Americans are either incarcerated, on probation, or on parole, with their
criminal records often following them for life and affecting access to higher education, jobs …

Monetary sanctions have always been part of the US criminal justice system. Today they are
receiving new attention, as recent social, political, and legal developments have raised …

The expansion of the US penal system has important consequences for poverty and
inequality, yet little is known about the imposition of monetary sanctions. This study analyzes …

This review assesses the current state of knowledge about monetary sanctions, eg, fines,
fees, surcharges, restitution, and any other financial liability related to contact with systems …

American criminal justice is a dysfunctional mess. Cops are too violent, the punishments are
too punitive, and the so-called Land of the Free imprisons more people than any other …