...Jeffrey T. Ward; Nathan W. Link While potential adverse consequences of carrying criminal justice debt are well documented, less is known empirically about the degree to which both assessed amounts reflect ability to pay and how repayment success varies for individuals with dissimilar financial...

... line item on my mental list of debts. The list is full of support, nancial and otherwise, that I m ashamed I ever needed and will likely never be able to repay. I used to think that all the accounting metaphors for punishment in our culture were cliche repaying your debt to society and so on. But I...

... not or only partially pay their LFOs, but that these observations are more pronounced for indigent defendants. The authors also find that, of defendants who fully pay off their fines and fees, individuals with a public defender satisfy their debt after a greater number of days, as compared to individuals...