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6. References

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Harris, Alexes

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2016

7. Index

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Harris, Alexes

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2016

8. Cover

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Harris, Alexes

Published
2016

12. Notes

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Harris, Alexes

Published
2016

19. Preface

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Harris, Alexes

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2016

26. The Broad Scope and Variation of Monetary Sanctions: Evidence From Eight States

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Shannon, Sarah, Huebner, Beth M., Harris, Alexes, Martin, Karin, Patillo, Mary, Pettit, Becky, Sykes, Bryan, and Uggen, Christopher

Subjects
monetary sanctions, policies, structural change, distributive justice, fines, fees, restitution
Abstract

Monetary sanctions have long been a part of the U.S. criminal justice system but have received increasing attention from the public as well as legal scholars and social science research in recent years. This essay describes initial findings from the Multi-State Study of Monetary Sanctions, a multi-method study designed to build on the prior research on legal financial obligations (LFOs) by examining the multi-tiered systems of monetary sanctions operating within eight states representing key regions of the United States (California, Georgia, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, New York, Texas and Washington). Our research explores the constantly changing legal environment and documents how the law is practiced on the ground. We expand on prior research by engaging a large and diverse group of people who owe legal debt and criminaljustice stakeholders. We augment these data with systematic court observations across different jurisdiction sizes and court levels. In doing so, we fill important gaps in the current understanding of U.S. systems of monetary and provide findings that can be used for guiding policy.

Published
2020

31. Monetary Sanctions: A Multi-State Mixed Methods Study

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Harris, Alexes, Edwards, Frank, and Cadigan, Michele

Subjects
Inequality, Sociology, Criminal Justice, FOS: Law, Law, Poverty, FOS: Sociology
Abstract

This project explores how systems of legal monetary sanctions operate across the United States. It provides empirical evidence of the ways in which fiscal penalties affect those unable to make payments. The findings of this study will be used to inform better evidence-based policymaking decisions on legal monetary sanctions. Principal investigator: Alexes Harris, Department of Sociology, University of Washington. Co-investigators: Karin Martin, Department of Public Management, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, Becky Pettit, Department of Sociology, University of Texas, Beth Huebner, Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Missouri St. Louis, Mary Pattillo, Departments of Sociology and African American Studies, Northwestern University, Bryan Sykes, School of Social Ecology, University of California Irvine, Chris Uggen, Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota, Sarah Shannon, Department of Sociology, University of Georgia.

Published
2022
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37. The social construction of 'sophisticated' adolescents: how judges integrate juvenile and criminal justice decision-making models

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Harris, Alexes

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Decision-making -- Methods, Decision-making -- Social aspects, Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Analysis, Juvenile justice, Administration of -- Social aspects, Anthropology/archeology/folklore, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies
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This study investigates the types of decision-making models that frame people-processing decisions. An analysis of the judicial waiver hearing will be used as an example of such institutional processing. I investigate how decision makers engage in practical reasoning by exploring the methods they use to organize information about youth and accomplish their judicial duties. Observational and interview data from a case study of three juvenile courthouses in a California county are used to investigate official case processing. The study offers three important theoretical insights for research in sociology and criminology; a revised theoretical framework for understanding juvenile justice decision making that incorporates criminal justice frameworks, an analysis of how substantive factors (e.g., values, stereotypes, assumptions) can enter into decision making, and an illustration of how decision making is organizationally situated. Keywords: juvenile justice; focal concerns theory: decision making; judicial waiver

Published
2008

38. An Analysis of Court Imposed Monetary Sanctions in Seattle Municipal Courts, 2000-2017

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Harris, Alexes and Edwards, Frank

Subjects
bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology, SocArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology, bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology|Criminology, bepress|Social and Behavioral Sciences, SocArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences, SocArXiv|Social and Behavioral Sciences|Sociology|Crime, Law, and Deviance
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In what follows we provide a detailed analysis of the scope of fines and fees sentenced and collected by Seattle Municipal Court through 2000-2017. In sum, we present the following key findings from our data analysis:1. There has been a remarkable decline in cases filed in Seattle Municipal Courts between 2000 – 2017, even as the population size of Seattle increased during this time period.2. People sentenced to criminal traffic cases tended to have their LFO accounts open (not fully paid) for longer periods of time relative to other types of traffic cases.3. For each class of case, Black men and women are significantly more likely than their peers to be sentenced to incarceration through a Washington superior court following a paid Seattle Municipal Court legal financial obligation sentence (SMC LFO).4. Black men and women are more likely to be incarcerated following an unpaid SMC LFO than are any other racial or ethnic group.5. People of color have a higher likelihood than White people to be charged with a DWLS3 following a Seattle Municipal Court legal financial obligation sentence. This is especially pronounced for Black Seattle drivers.

Published
2020
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40. Promising Practices

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Clark, Reginald, primary, Harris, Alexes, additional, White-Smith, Kimberly A., additional, Allen, Walter R., additional, and Ray, Barbara A., additional

Published
2010
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44. Some States Have Begun Scrapping Court Costs and Fees for People Unable to Pay--Two Experts Explain Why.

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Harris, Alexes and Piquero, Alex R.

Abstract

The article examines the imposition of fines and fees within the American criminal legal system, highlighting how these financial penalties often burden individuals without consideration for their ability to pay and fail to improve public safety or deter crime. Topics include the disproportionate impact of fines on people of color and low-income individuals, legislative changes aimed at limiting these financial penalties, and the negative consequences of legal debt on various aspects of life.

Published
2024

45. Making Multiracials: State, Family, And Market in the Redrawing of the Color Line

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Harris, Alexes

Subjects
Making Multiracials: State, Family, and Market in the Redrawing of the Color Line (Nonfiction work) -- DaCosta, Kimberly McClain, Books -- Book reviews, Ethnic, cultural, racial issues/studies, Regional focus/area studies
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MAKING MULTIRACIALS: STATE, FAMILY, AND MARKET IN THE REDRAWING OF THE COLOR LINE, by Kimberly McClain DaCosta (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2007; $30.95, paper, 280 pp; ISBN 10 0-80475546-9). THIS [...]

Published
2010

50. Justice? That'll Cost You $250

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Harris, Alexes

Subjects
Administration of criminal justice -- Forecasts and trends, Public prosecutors -- Forecasts and trends, District attorneys -- Appointments, resignations and dismissals, Market trend/market analysis, General interest, News, opinion and commentary
Abstract

For those who hope to see the criminal justice system operate more fairly, this is an exciting time in the United States. Cities and counties across the country have recently [...]

Published
2018

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