Place

“Place” refers to where people live, learn, and/or work, and/or the characteristics thereof. It is often used interchangeably with “geography” and “location” in the poverty studies arena. Common measures of place include urbanicity (urban, exurban, suburban, rural), neighborhood, census tract, and region.

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Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement 38(2), November 2022: Monetary Sanctions and the Criminal Legal System: Punishment and Revenue

  • Edited by James T. Spartz with additional support from Judith Siers-Poisson
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2022
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Jamein Cunningham on How Segregation Affects Homicide Rates

  • Jamein Cunningham
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  • 2022
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The Opioid Crisis and the Labor Market

  • Shannon Monnat, Anita Mukherjee, and Rourke O'Brien
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  • 2022
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Long harm of the law: Monetary sanctions and their symbiotic harms

  • Daniel J. Boches, Brittany Martin, Andrea Giuffre, Amairini Sanchez, Aubrianne L. Sutherland, and Sarah K. S. Shannon
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2022
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Court fees criminalize low-income defendants

  • Devah Pager, Rebecca Goldstein, Helen Ho, and Bruce Western
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2022
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Monetary sanctions and acquaintanceship density in rural court systems

  • Gabriela Kirk, Kristina J. Thompson, Beth M. Huebner, Christopher Uggen, and Sarah K. S. Shannon
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2022
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Housing and Climate Change

  • Max Besbris, Amy Chester, Ivis Garcia Zambrana, and James Elliott
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  • 2022
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Youth Trauma and Resilience in Contexts of Poverty

  • Noni Gaylord-Harden, Jocelyn Smith Lee, and Alvin Thomas
  • Webinar
  • 2022
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Noni Gaylord-Harden, Jocelyn Smith Lee, and Alvin Thomas on Youth Trauma and Resilience in Contexts of Poverty

  • Noni Gaylord-Harden, Jocelyn Smith Lee, and Alvin Thomas
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  • 2022
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Brieanna Watters and Robert Stewart on Native Americans and Monetary Sanctions

  • Brieanna Watters and Robert Stewart
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  • 2022