Journal article
County Dependence on Monetary Sanctions: Implications for Women's Incarceration
RSF : Russell Sage Foundation journal of the social sciences, Vol.8(2), pp.157-172
01/01/2022
DOI: 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.2.08
Abstract
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 monetary sanctions, especially for low-level offenses. We propose that women's incarceration trends can be partially explained by county dependence on monetary sanctions as a source of revenue. We suggest that monetary sanctions expose female defendants to processes that increase their likelihood of incarceration, especially in counties more reliant on monetary sanctions as a source of revenue, and where women's poverty rates are high. Using data from Washington State, we find county dependence on monetary sanctions is positively associated with rates of women sentenced to incarceration. Although rural counties' rates are higher, they depend on monetary sanctions no more than nonrural counties do.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- County Dependence on Monetary Sanctions: Implications for Women's Incarceration
- Creators
- Kate K. O'Neill - University of WashingtonTyler Smith - University of WashingtonIan Kennedy - University of Washington
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- RSF : Russell Sage Foundation journal of the social sciences, Vol.8(2), pp.157-172
- DOI
- 10.7758/RSF.2022.8.2.08
- ISSN
- 2377-8253
- eISSN
- 2377-8261
- Publisher
- Russell Sage Foundation
- Number of pages
- 16
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2022
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984696572302771
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