作者：Slutzky, Pablo; Xu, Sheng-Jun
作者单位：University System of Maryland; University of Maryland College Park; University of Alberta
摘要：In the United States, a significant number of criminal defendants are held in pretrial detention and face substantial financial burdens. Matching individual-level criminal case records to household-level financial data, we exploit the quasi-random assignment of court commissioners to study how pretrial detention affects household solvency. We find that pretrial detention results in higher rates of household insolvency, driven by higher rates of chapter 7 bankruptcies and judgment liens, and hi...
