Court-related fines and fees are widely levied on criminal defendants who are frequently
poor and have little capacity to pay. Such financial obligations may produce a criminalization …

Growing fiscal concerns for criminal justice agencies and punitive ideological shifts have
increased the financial consequences of a conviction. The growth in legal financial …

Much recent, national attention has centered on financial sanctions and associated debt
burdens related to criminal justice. Scholars and practitioners alike have argued that …

The importance of monetary sanctions as a topic of sociological inquiry derives from both
their ubiquity in American criminal justice and the socioeconomic realities of many people …

Legal financial obligations (LFOs) associated with justice system involvement are
increasingly a focus for policymakers and researchers seeking to understand sources of …

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 …

Individuals on probation are commonly assessed fines and fees. These monetary sanctions
serve different purposes. Fines are primarily used for more punitive purposes, whereas fees …

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 …

Abstract In the United States, legal financial obligations (LFOs) include many types of
monetary sanctions. For example, fines are tied to specific offenses and imposed at …

In line with emerging work on the role of fatherhood in prisoner reentry, this study directs
attention to the financial obligations that connect fathers to their families in reentry …