UW News
Karin Martin
March 2, 2022
Multi-state study of monetary sanctions finds widespread inequities, far-reaching consequences
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Alexes Harris, professor of sociology at the University of Washington, discusses her team’s five-year, eight-state study of legal financial obligations, and their findings that court-imposed fines and fees perpetuate inequality.