Gender and Financialization of the Criminal Justice System

Lisa Servon, Ava Esquier and Gillian Tiley
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Lisa Servon: Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Ava Esquier: Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Gillian Tiley: Department of City and Regional Planning, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA

Social Sciences, 2021, vol. 10, issue 11, 1-14

Abstract: (1) The increase in women’s mass incarceration over the past forty years raises questions about how justice-involved women experience the financial aspects of the criminal justice system. (2) We conducted in-depth interviews with twenty justice-involved women and seven criminal law and reentry professionals, and conducted courtroom observations in southeastern Pennsylvania. (3) The results from this exploratory research reveal that women’s roles as caregivers, their greater health needs, and higher likelihood of being poor creates barriers to paying fines and fees and exacerbates challenges in reentry. (4) These challenges contribute to a cycle of prolonged justice involvement and financial instability.

Keywords: gender-specific; mass incarceration; reentry; fines and fees; poverty; criminal justice system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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