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Research on racial disparities in the criminal legal system generally examines isolated sentencing decisions, rather than the “package” of punishment that defendants experience. Using Minnesota court....

Systems of monetary sanctions in US criminal courts present an opportunity for furthering the sociological understanding of complex and consequential organizations. We examine whether and how court a...

Monetary sanctions (also known as legal financial obligations or LFOs) are the most common form of state sanction for criminal convictions, yet we know little about the logics that court actors use i...

The Department of Geography at the University of Georgia seeks a scholar with expertise in community engagement and experiential learning. This candidate will contribute to our growing community geogr...

The following is a guest post by Abigail Andrews and Ariana Thompson-Lastad. When we began writing this piece, it was August 2020, and the skies in California were thick with smoke. As we breathed …

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Four million Americans will be unable to vote in the upcoming 2024 election due to felony disenfranchisement laws.

Florida’s decision devalues a discipline that contributes fundamentally to the social, political and economic well-being of our country. As leaders of the American Sociological Association, we should ...