Gender and Financialization of the Criminal Justice System
(1) The increase in women’s mass incarceration over the past forty years raises questions about how justice-involved women experience the financial aspects of the criminal justice system. (2) We conducted in-depth interviews with twenty justice-involved women and seven criminal law and reentry profe...
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| description | (1) The increase in women’s mass incarceration over the past forty years raises questions about how justice-involved women experience the financial aspects of the criminal justice system. (2) We conducted in-depth interviews with twenty justice-involved women and seven criminal law and reentry professionals, and conducted courtroom observations in southeastern Pennsylvania. (3) The results from this exploratory research reveal that women’s roles as caregivers, their greater health needs, and higher likelihood of being poor creates barriers to paying fines and fees and exacerbates challenges in reentry. (4) These challenges contribute to a cycle of prolonged justice involvement and financial instability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fe2271bdf4114b14a78ffcee1b51098d2023-11-23T01:31:00ZengMDPI AGSocial Sciences2076-07602021-11-01101144610.3390/socsci10110446Gender and Financialization of the Criminal Justice SystemLisa Servon0Ava Esquier1Gillian Tiley2Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USADepartment of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USADepartment of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA(1) The increase in women’s mass incarceration over the past forty years raises questions about how justice-involved women experience the financial aspects of the criminal justice system. (2) We conducted in-depth interviews with twenty justice-involved women and seven criminal law and reentry professionals, and conducted courtroom observations in southeastern Pennsylvania. (3) The results from this exploratory research reveal that women’s roles as caregivers, their greater health needs, and higher likelihood of being poor creates barriers to paying fines and fees and exacerbates challenges in reentry. (4) These challenges contribute to a cycle of prolonged justice involvement and financial instability.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/10/11/446gender-specificmass incarcerationreentryfines and feespovertycriminal justice system |
| spellingShingle | Lisa Servon Ava Esquier Gillian Tiley Gender and Financialization of the Criminal Justice System Social Sciences gender-specific mass incarceration reentry fines and fees poverty criminal justice system |
| title | Gender and Financialization of the Criminal Justice System |
| title_full | Gender and Financialization of the Criminal Justice System |
| title_fullStr | Gender and Financialization of the Criminal Justice System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender and Financialization of the Criminal Justice System |
| title_short | Gender and Financialization of the Criminal Justice System |
| title_sort | gender and financialization of the criminal justice system |
| topic | gender-specific mass incarceration reentry fines and fees poverty criminal justice system |
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