Episode 115: Steve Mello on the long-term financial consequences of small fines

Steve Mello talks the long-term financial impacts of small criminal justice fines.

“Fines and Financial Wellbeing” by Steven Mello.

OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• "Report on the economic well-being of U.S. households in 2017" by Jeff Larrimore, Alex Durante, Kimberly Kreiss, Christina Park, and Claudia Sahm.

• "Criminalizing poverty: The consequences of court fees in a randomized experiment" by Devah Pager, Rebecca Goldstein, Helen Ho, and Bruce Western.

• "The Government Revenue, Recidivism, and Financial Health Effects of Criminal Fines and Fees" by Tyler Giles.

• "The Impact of Criminal Financial Sanctions: A Multi-State Analysis of Survey and Administrative Data" by Keith Finlay, Matthew Gross, Carl Lieberman, Elizabeth Luh, and Michael Mueller-Smith.