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Author Ruback, R. Barry, 1950- author.

Title Economic sanctions in criminal justice : a multimethod examination of their imposition, payment, effect, and fairness / R. Barry Ruback
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
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Contents Introduction and overview -- Fines, fees/costs, forfeitures, and restitution -- Overview of the research -- Imposition of restitution -- Payment of restitution: a review and field experiment -- Effects of paying restitution -- Research summary and implications -- Policy implications -- Appendix: Ohio bench card -- References -- Name index -- Subject index
Summary "Justice is expensive. So is injustice. These kinds of judgments are usually made in terms of money, and an economic focus makes sense in the context of criminal law and procedure, since money has long played a role in how society deals with unlawful behavior. These economic sanctions, the court-imposed financial obligations that follow a criminal conviction, are useful because they apply a metric that is understood by everyone. The notion of using money as a means of resolving criminal and civil problems goes back almost four thousand years, to the Code of Hammurabi (Van Ness, 1990), and there are several Biblical injunctions regarding payment after crimes. In the Middle Ages, victims were entitled to compensation for injuries (adjusted for their rank in society), and by the twelfth century, the king was entitled to a fee for administering the system (Klein, 1997)"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Notes Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (Oxford Scholarship Online, viewed on June 16, 2022)
Subject Corrections -- United States -- Finance
User charges -- United States
Fees, Administrative -- United States
Justice, Administration of -- Economic aspects -- United States
Corrections -- Finance.
Fees, Administrative.
Justice, Administration of -- Economic aspects.
User charges.
United States.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021031202
ISBN 0190682590
9780190682613
0190682612
9780190682606
0190682604
9780190682590