Journal article
Silver Sanctions: Legal Financial Obligations in an Aging Population
Advances in life course research, Vol.64, 100674
06/2025
DOI: 10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100674
PMCID: PMC12839104
PMID: 40378724
Abstract
This research was funded by a grant to the University of Washington from Arnold Ventures. We thank the collaborators of the Collective to Study the Broad Reach and Burden of Monetary Sanctions for their intellectual contributions to the project and for their insight in the development of this manuscript. We also thank Tyler Smith, and our undergraduate research team for their contributions to this project. Finally, We thank the Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology at the University of Washington and the Washington State Administrative Office of the Court for data storage, management, and provision.
•The proportion of criminal, traffic-related charges attributable to adults age 50+ had been steadily increasing since 1990.•Adults age 50-64, and adults age 65+ are ordered to pay lower fine and fee amounts for traffic-related infractions than are other, similarly situated age groups.•Adults age 50-64, and adults age 65+ are ordered to pay higher fine and fee amounts for traffic-related misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors than are other, similarly situated age groups.•Adults age 50-64, and adults age 65+ are sentenced to lesser financial penalties if they have a recent history of prior court-involvement.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Silver Sanctions: Legal Financial Obligations in an Aging Population
- Creators
- Kate K. O’NeillAlexes Harris
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Advances in life course research, Vol.64, 100674
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.alcr.2025.100674
- PMID
- 40378724
- PMCID
- PMC12839104
- NLM abbreviation
- Adv Life Course Res
- ISSN
- 1569-4909
- eISSN
- 1879-6974
- Publisher
- Elsevier Ltd
- Grant note
- Arnold Ventures
This research was funded by a grant to the University of Washington from Arnold Ventures. We thank the collaborators of the Collective to Study the Broad Reach and Burden of Monetary Sanctions for their intellectual contributions to the project and for their insight in the development of this manuscript. We also thank Tyler Smith, and our undergraduate research team for their contributions to this project. Finally, We thank the Center for Studies in Demography & Ecology at the University of Washington and the Washington State Administrative Office of the Court for data storage, management, and provision.
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 05/10/2025
- Date published
- 06/2025
- Academic Unit
- Sociology and Criminology; Center for Social Science Innovation
- Record Identifier
- 9984823074902771
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