Predictive algorithms are now commonly used to distribute society's resources and
sanctions. But these algorithms can entrench and exacerbate inequities. To guard against …

We study the effect of incarceration on wages, self-employment, and taxes and transfers in
North Carolina and Ohio using two quasi-experimental research designs: discontinuities in …

We estimate the impact of financial sanctions in the US criminal justice system, leveraging
nine natural experiments in a regression discontinuity design framework across a diverse …

Abstract Millions in the United States face financial sanctions in the criminal court system
each year, totaling over $27 billion in overall criminal debt. In this study, we leverage five …

ABSTRACT The United States criminal justice system is characterized by substantial
disparities in outcomes across racial and ethnic groups. Understanding these disparities …

The rate of incarceration in the United States has increased at an alarming rate in the past
30 years and thus so has the number of children having a household member incarcerated …

More than 60 percent of US adults report that they had adverse childhood experiences
(ACEs). For this study of 930,000 children born during the period 1999–2003, we used …

Research summary For decades, child welfare scholars and policy makers have been
concerned with the strong association between foster care and juvenile justice involvement …

We conduct the first quantitative analysis of “blind removals,” an increasingly popular reform
that seeks to reduce the over‐representation of Black children in foster care by eliminating …

In almost every state, courts can jail those who fail to pay fines, fees, and other court debts—
even those resulting from traffic or other non-criminal violations. While debtors' prisons for …