January 15, 2022
What Is Wrong with Monetary Sanctions? Directions for Policy, Practice, and Research
Friedman, B., Harris, A., Huebner, B., Martin, K., Pettit, B., Shannon, S., & Sykes, B. (2022). RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences.
Monetary sanctions are an integral and increasingly debated feature of the American criminal legal system. Emerging research, including that featured in this volume, offers important insight into the law governing…
Pay or Display: Monetary Sanctions and the Performance of Accountability and Procedural Integrity in New York and Illinois Courts
Martin, K., Spencer-Suarez, K. & Kirk, G. (2022). RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences.
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…
November 19, 2021
Dean’s Forum on Race & Public Policy: Moving Racism Front & Center in Child Welfare
Evans School Events
This event featured a conversation about anti-racism in child welfare policy in partnership with the UW School of Social Work and included Angelique Day, Associate Professor, UW School of Social Work; Alan Detlaff, Dean, University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work; John Edmonds, Supervisor, Olmsted County Community Services; Tessa Evans-Campbell, Associate Dean, UW School…
November 15, 2021
Seattle’s Local Minimum Wage and Earnings Inequality
Long, M. (2021). Economic Inquiry.
During the past 6 years, a wave of local minimum wage laws passed in the United States with policymakers and advocates framing the policy as a means of reducing income…
October 15, 2021
Spatial Patterns of Work, Poverty, & Safety Net Provision in the U.S.
Allard, S., & Pelletier, E. (2021). The Journal of Social Security Research.
The geography of poverty has shifted in the U.S. in recent years. Not only has poverty become more prevalent in suburbs, but high rates of poverty persist in cities and…
June 15, 2021
The Spatial Context of Food Assistance: Examining Local Food Assistance Environment in the Context of SNAP
Allard, S., Wathen, M., & Danziger, S. (2021). Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition.
We develop the concept of the local food assistance environment to examine how spatial access to different local food assistance resources might shape food assistance program participation. Using unique survey…
April 30, 2021
State Earned Income Tax Credits and Suicidal Behavior: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study
Morgan, E.R., DeCou, C.R., Hill, H., Mooney, S., Rivara, F.P., and Rowhani-Rahbar, A. (2021). Preventative Medicine.
Suicide is an increasingly common cause of death in the United States and recent increases in suicide rates disproportionately impact low-income individuals. This study sought to assess the impact of income support in the form of state earned income tax credit policies on suicide-related behaviors.
March 31, 2021
The Earned Income Tax Credit and Intimate Partner Violence
Edmonds, A. T., Moe, C. A., Adhia, A., Mooney, S. J., Rivara, F. P., Hill, H. D., & Rowhani-Rahbar, A. (2021). Journal of Interpersonal Violence.
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious public health problem in the United States with adverse consequences for affected individuals and families. Recent reviews of the literature suggest that economic policies should be further investigated as part of comprehensive strategies to address IPV. The Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) is the nation’s largest anti-poverty program…
January 31, 2021
Association of State-Level Earned Income Tax Credits With Rates of Reported Child Maltreatment
Kovski, N. L., Hill, H.D., Mooney, S. J., Rivara, F. P, Morgan, E. R., & Rowhani-Rahbar, A. (2021). Child Maltreatment.
Poverty is an important predictor of child maltreatment. Social policies that strengthen the economic security of low-income families, such as the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC), may reduce child maltreatment by impeding the pathways through which poverty leads to it. Economic support policies may reduce the risk of child maltreatment, especially neglect, and improve child…
November 15, 2020
Navigating the Monetary Sanctions Maze: Understanding and Confusion Among Criminal Legal Debtors
Spencer-Suarez, K. & Martin, K. (2020). Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice.
Monetary sanctions in the criminal legal system are legally and procedurally complex. If not paid in a timely manner, a single conviction can result in multiple legal financial obligations, varying…
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