2022
DOI: 10.7758/rsf.2022.8.1.08
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Private Probation Costs, Compliance, and the Proportionality of Punishment: Evidence from Georgia and Missouri

Abstract: Probation is the most commonly imposed correctional sanction, is often accompanied by supplementary costs, and can be operated by the state or private companies. Private probation is a unique sanction used in lower courts, most often for misdemeanor offenses, and is managed by third-party actors. We focus on documenting the process and unique costs of private probation, including the rituals of compliance and proportionality of punishment. We use data from interviews with individuals on private probation and l… Show more

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“…Many drivers find these monetary sanctions somehow a waste of money, since this money could have been better used or invested. But there is no exception to the rule and everyone who violates must pay the corresponding penalty (Huebner & Shannon, 2022). These were the shared experiences of the participants:…”
Section: Wasted Money As a Results Of A Violationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Many drivers find these monetary sanctions somehow a waste of money, since this money could have been better used or invested. But there is no exception to the rule and everyone who violates must pay the corresponding penalty (Huebner & Shannon, 2022). These were the shared experiences of the participants:…”
Section: Wasted Money As a Results Of A Violationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, individuals who cannot comply with sanctions are often subject to repeat court appearances and payment plans, prolonging their exposure to the criminal legal system and further extracting financial and opportunity costs (Harris, 2016; Huebner & Shannon, 2022). Legal debt leads to what some have deemed a two‐tier system of justice (Pattillo & Kirk, 2021).…”
Section: Police Contact Race and Routinesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the past four decades, the number of individuals on probation has quadrupled, which Phelps (2017) attributes to policies and practices of criminalization, including expanded penalties for crimes, augmented policing of disorder, and more punitive prosecutorial and judicial decision-making. In 2020, there were 3.5 million individuals-1 in 72 adults-on probation (Huebner and Shannon 2022). Ohio has the 10th highest rate of incarceration in the United States (Carson 2021) but the 3rd highest rate of adults on probation (Kluckow and Zeng 2022).…”
Section: Debt Surveillance and Carceral Riskmentioning
confidence: 99%