On Thursday, April 14, 2022, five contributors to RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences double issue “State Monetary Sanctions and the Costs of the Criminal Legal System” will discuss state monetary sanctions in a webinar hosted by the Institute for Research on Poverty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Presenters include journal issue co-editor Alexes Harris (University of Washington) and journal contributors Robert Stewart (University of Maryland), Kate O’Neill (University of Washington), Daniel Boches (University of Georgia), and Brittany Friedman (University of Southern California).

Alexes Harris will introduce the topic of monetary sanctions. Robert Stewart will discuss a study on Native Americans and monetary sanctions in Minnesota. Kate O’Neill will talk about local dependence on fines and fees as a revenue source and connections with women’s incarceration, Daniel Boches will review a study on how monetary sanctions may harm friends and families of people subject to monetary sanctions. Brittany Friedman will discuss how fines and fees fit within broader policy contexts.

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Read the RSF journal double issue “State Monetary Sanctions and the Costs of the Criminal Legal System.”