Investigations in Ferguson, Missouri, revealed that many individuals, particularly Black
people, entered the criminal justice system for relatively minor offenses, missed court …

The expansion of monetary sanctions constitutes what Beckett and Murakawa describe as
the “shadow carceral state,” where covert penal power is expanded through institutional …

In this article, I bridge critical sociological perspectives on penal institutions with insights
from the sociology of disaster to advance a critical race theory of prison order in the wake of …

Exponential growth in order maintenance policing and associated misdemeanor sanctions
have led to disproportionate consequences for people of color. Using data from qualitative …

Although men's incarceration rates have declined in the United States, women's have stayed
steady and even risen in some areas. At the same time, courts have increased their use of …

Using a comparative historical analysis of legislative transcripts and primary and secondary
historical documents in Illinois and Michigan, we trace the adoption of a largely …

Monetary sanctions are a ubiquitous part of court systems. Previous studies have focused
largely on these sanctions at the state level or solely on large urban jurisdictions. However …

What mechanisms allow governments to expand into new areas of social provision and
provide new benefits? Integrating theories from sociology and political science and using …

Fiscal contrition refers to the phenomenon of policy‐makers becoming aware of the social
costs of fines and fees, recognizing a need to reduce those costs, and taking action to do so …

Monetary sanctions can expand the scope and depth of punishment. Most research on
monetary sanctions has centered on fines and fees assessed by the court, but they are also …