The long reach of juvenile and criminal legal debt: How monetary sanctions shape legal cynicism and adultification

Leslie Paik; Andrea Giuffre; Alexes Harris; Sarah Shannon

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107121

The long reach of juvenile and criminal legal debt: How monetary sanctions shape legal cynicism and adultification

Leslie Paik, Andrea Giuffre, Alexes Harris, Sarah Shannon

Social and Family Dynamics, T. Denny Sanford School of (SSFD)

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Abstract

Previous research has established the deleterious long-term effects of juvenile legal system involvement such as increased risk of criminal legal system involvement as adults. This paper examines retrospective accounts of how that process occurs by exploring the following research question: how does one's involvement in the juvenile legal system, which includes monetary sanctions, shape peoples’ views of law and legal institutions and with what consequences? Based on 19 interviews with adults who have legal debt from both juvenile and criminal legal systems, the paper focuses on four aspects of the long-reaching effects of juvenile legal involvement and juvenile monetary sanctions: legal socialization, adultification, legal cynicism, and future aspirations. In all these aspects, we show the organizational constraints that shape individuals’ perspectives about the law and the impact of monetary sanctions on their lives. In doing so, the paper shows how monetary sanctions associated with juvenile cases add to the cumulative disadvantage of legal system involvement.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	107121
Journal	Children and Youth Services Review
Volume	154
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107121
State	Published - Nov 2023

Keywords

Adultification
Juvenile justice
Legal cynicism
Monetary sanctions

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Sociology and Political Science

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