期刊名称:RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN:2377-8253
电子版ISSN:2377-8261
出版年度:2022
卷号:8
期号:1
页码:128-147
DOI:10.7758/RSF.2022.8.1.06
语种:English
出版社:Russell Sage Foundation
摘要:This article proposes the centrality of procedural integrity—or fidelity to local norms of case processing—to the post-sentencing adjudication of monetary sanctions. We draw on insights gained from observations of more than 4,200 criminal cases in sixteen courts in New York and Illinois and find that procedural integrity becomes a focal point in the absence of monetary sanctions paid in full and on time. This examination of the interplay between the sociolegal context and workgroups within courtrooms brings to light how case processing pressure, mandatory monetary sanctions, defendants with pronounced financial insecurity, and judicial discretion inform the role monetary sanctions play in court operations.