Table Of Content“This is the most authoritative volume available today covering the wide-ranging impacts of
sentencing on individual, community, and societal outcomes about which we care deeply. With
detailed reviews by top scholars, those who want to understand what we know about sentencing
policy need go no further than this superb collection.”
—Todd R. Clear, Distinguished Professor of
Criminal Justice, Rutgers University
“This volume is a tremendously thorough and nuanced analysis of the visible and hidden consequences
of punishment and sentencing decisions. The articles explore not only the multi-faceted and wide
ranging impacts from imprisonment but importantly and uniquely also include those that result from
pre-trial detention, increasing privatization, and even restrictive housing policies. The impressive
breadth of topics, all broadly falling under the rubric of mass criminal justice contact, in addition to
specific policy proposals, make this essential reading for academics and practitioners alike.”
—Michael Jacobson, Executive Director, CUNY
Institute for State and Local Governance
HANDBOOK ON THE CONSEQUENCES
OF SENTENCING AND PUNISHMENT
DECISIONS
Handbook on the Consequences of Sentencing and Punishment Decisions, the third volume in the
Routledge ASC Division on Corrections & Sentencing Series, includes contemporary essays on the
consequences of punishment during an era of mass incarceration. The Handbook Series offers state-
of-the-art volumes on seminal and topical issues that span the fields of sentencing and corrections. In
that spirit, the editors gathered contributions that summarize what is known in each topical area and
also identify emerging theoretical, empirical, and policy work. The book is grounded in the current
knowledge about the specific topics, but also includes new, synthesizing material that reflects the
knowledge of the leading minds in the field.
Following an editors’ introduction, the volume is divided into four sections. First, two contributions
situate and contextualize the volume by providing insight into the growth of mass punishment over
the past three decades and an overview of the broad consequences of punishment decisions. The
overviews are then followed by a section exploring the broader societal impacts of punishment on
housing, employment, family relationships, and health and well-being. The third section centers on
special populations and examines the unique effects of punishment for juveniles, immigrants, and
individuals convicted of sexual or drug-related offenses. The fourth section focuses on institutional
implications with contributions on jails, community corrections, and institutional corrections.
Beth M. Huebner is a professor in the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the
University of Missouri–St. Louis. Her principal research interests include the collateral consequences of
incarceration, racial and gender disparities in the criminal justice system, and public policy. She is currently
serving as co-principal investigator for the St. Louis County MacArthur Safety + Justice Challenge and
collaborating on a study of monetary sanctions in Missouri with funding from the Arnold Foundation.
She is the current chair of the Division on Corrections and Sentencing for the American Society of
Criminology. She earned her PhD in Criminal Justice from Michigan State University in 2003.
Natasha A. Frost is a professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice at Northeastern
University in Boston, Massachusetts. She also currently serves as associate dean for graduate studies
in the College of Social Sciences and Humanities at Northeastern. Professor Frost’s primary scholarly
interests are in the area of punishment and social control, with a focus on mass incarceration and
its consequences. Professor Frost was recently awarded NIJ funding to study the many impacts of
correctional officer suicide, with a specific focus on its impacts on the officer’s families, friends,
co-workers, and supervisors, and on the well-being of those who continue to work in correctional
settings where suicides have concentrated. Professor Frost holds a PhD in criminal justice from the
City University of New York’s Graduate School and University Center (2004).
THE ASC DIVISION ON CORRECTIONS &
SENTENCING HANDBOOK SERIES
Edited by Pamela K. Lattimore and John R. Hepburn.
The American Society of Criminology’s Division on Corrections & Sentencing sponsors a series of
volumes published by Routledge on seminal and topical issues that span the fields of sentencing and
corrections. The critical essays, reviews, and original research in each volume provide a comprehen-
sive assessment of the current state of knowledge, contribute to public policy discussions, and identify
future research directions. Each thematic volume focuses on a single topical issue that intersects with
corrections and sentencing research. The contents are eclectic in regard to disciplinary foci, theoreti-
cal frameworks and perspectives, and research methodologies.
EDITORIAL BOARD
Gaylene Armstrong, University of Nebraska, Omaha
Todd Clear, Rutgers University
Francis T. Cullen, University of Cincinnati
Natasha Frost, Northeastern University
Beth Huebner, University of Missouri-St. Louis
Brian Johnson, University of Maryland
Jodi Lane, University of Florida
Dan Mears, Florida State University
Michael Osterman, Rutgers University
Cassia Spohn, Arizona State University
Jeffery Ulmer, Pennsylvania State University
Christy Visher, University of Delaware
HANDBOOK ON PUNISHMENT DECISIONS
Locations of Disparity
Ulmer and Bradley
HANDBOOK ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF SENTENCING
AND PUNISHMENT DECISIONS
Huebner and Frost
HANDBOOK ON
THE CONSEQUENCES
OF SENTENCING AND
PUNISHMENT DECISIONS
Edited by Beth M. Huebner and Natasha A. Frost
First published 2019
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CONTENTS
List of Contributors xii
Acknowledgments xix
Introduction 1
The Consequences of Sentencing and Punishment Decisions 3
Beth M. Huebner and Natasha A. Frost
PART I
Consequences of Punishment Decisions 11
1 Historical Trends in Punishment and the Lens of American Federalism 13
Michael C. Campbell and Paige E. Vaughn
2 Collateral Sanctions: The Intended Collateral Consequences
of Felony Convictions 32
Tanya N. Whittle
PART II
Broad Impacts 51
3 The Collateral Consequences of Incarceration for Housing 53
David S. Kirk
4 Residential Insecurities and Neighborhood Quality Following Incarceration 69
Brianna Remster and Cody Warner
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