Legal Financial Obligations and Probation: Findings from the 1995 Survey of Adults on Probation

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During the late 20th century, imprisonment rates in United States saw unprecedented growth, leading correctional systems across country to face widespread overcrowding and underfunding. Subsequently, policy makers sought out alternatives incarceration for certain categories of offenses. Community supervision, such as probation, emerged a popular solution both reduce prison jail populations well generate revenue fund rapidly expanding legal system. With rise community supervision came increases number people on probation lower-level non-violent The expansion financial obligations (LFO) placed additional burdens these persons, who disproportionately sit lower socio-economic status brackets. Using data from 1995 Survey Adults Probation (SAP), current study adds literature LFOs an important way. SAP contain information amount, frequency, type LFO. Thus, this paper examines distinct types determine differential burden that each LFO has probation. This finds all fees, those associated with victim restitution are most likely lead missed payments, while revenues do not contribute significantly payments. discusses implications procedural justice fairness.

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عنوان ژورنال: Social Sciences

سال: 2021

ISSN: ['2326-988X', '2326-9863']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci10120450