被遗忘但没有消失:对现代债务监禁的多国分析
Johann D Gaebler1, Phoebe Barghouty2, Sarah Vicol3
1Department of Statistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States of America.
PloS one
|September 13, 2023
概括
每年有成千上万的人因未付款的法庭债务,包括交通违规行为而被监禁. 这项研究对三个州的法庭债务的监禁数量进行了量化,揭示了因未付款 (FTP) 导致的每年大量监禁.
科学领域:
- 法律研究 法律研究
- 犯罪学 犯罪学
- 公共政策 公共政策
背景情况:
- 法院可以监禁个人未支付罚款,费用和法院债务,即使是轻微的违法行为.
- 尽管有法律禁止为私人债务而监禁债务人,但法院债务监禁仍然存在.
- 有限的数据阻碍了对债务监禁实践范围的理解.
研究的目的:
- 量化美国因法院债务而被监禁的普遍程度.
- 创建一个数据集,记录债务监禁实践.
- 为了估计因未能支付 (FTP) 法庭债务而被监禁的个人的规模.
主要方法:
- 从数以百万计的县监狱记录中通过公共记录请求编译数据.
- 专注于美国的三个州:德克萨斯州,威斯康星州和俄克拉荷马州.
- 分析数据以估计年度监禁和相关债务金额.
主要成果:
- 在2005年至2018年期间,每年约有38,000名德克萨斯州人和8,000名威斯康星州人因FTP而被监禁.
- 在德克萨斯州和威斯康星州,FTP的平均监禁时间为一天.
- 交通违法行为是债务监禁的最常见原因,债务约为250美元至500美元.
结论:
- 对法院债务的债务监禁是美国的一个重要问题.
- 通过广泛的公共记录请求来克服数据限制.
- 交通违规行为是法院债务和随后的监禁的主要驱动因素.
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