Joe Soss's guest appearances

Joe Soss

Free Food for Thought

Poverty Research & Policy

The Andrea Mitchell Center Podcast

Alexes Harris

Martijn Konings

Derek Black

Michael Collins

Jim Crow

Brad Wilcox

Nadya Tolokonnikova

Loretta Lynch

David Daley

Michael Strain

Jeb Bush

Rashid Khalidi

Richard Wolff

Nadine Strossen

Allen Dulles

OwlTail

Nathaniel Worley sits down with Professor Joe Soss to discuss the interplay of politics, inequalities, and public policy in this insightful episode.

Interviewer: RAFAEL KHACHATURIAN. In March 2016, American learned from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that the city of Ferguson, Missouri had been operating a “predatory system of government.” Police officers were acting as street-level enforcers for a program — aggressively promoted by city officials — using fines and fees to  extract resources from poor communities of color and deliver them to municipal coffers. JOE SOSS (University of Minnesota) argues that what the DOJ discovered in Ferguson is not an anomaly in U.S. history or of contemporary American governance. In his discussion with political theorist Rafael Khachaturian, Soss places the punitive state alongside other predatory organizations – businesses such as payday lenders and rent-to-own stores – with whom poor and minority communities are all too familiar. Tracing the rise of exploitative criminal justice fees and fines over the last few decades, and their impact on women in particular, Soss reveals the intertwined financial and punitive burdens that reinforce poverty and disadvantage in America.

Interviewer: RAFAEL KHACHATURIAN. In March 2016, American learned from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) that the city of Ferguson, Missouri had been operating a “predatory system of government.” Police officers were acting as street-level enforcers for a program — aggressively promoted by city officials — using fines and fees to  extract resources from poor communities of color and deliver them to municipal coffers. JOE SOSS (University of Minnesota) argues that what the DOJ discovered in Ferguson is not an anomaly in U.S. history or of contemporary American governance. In his discussion with political theorist Rafael Khachaturian, Soss places the punitive state alongside other predatory organizations – businesses such as payday lenders and rent-to-own stores – with whom poor and minority communities are all too familiar. Tracing the rise of exploitative criminal justice fees and fines over the last few decades, and their impact on women in particular, Soss reveals the intertwined financial and punitive burdens that reinforce poverty and disadvantage in America.

Episode 1.7: The Criminal Justice System as a Predatory Revenue Racket - Joe Soss

In this podcast, Joe Soss of the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs discusses how criminal justice system practices including fines, fees, civil asset forfeiture, and the bail and prison industries led to the creation of what he calls a predatory system of governance.

In this podcast, Joe Soss of the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs discusses how criminal justice system practices including fines, fees, civil asset forfeiture, and the bail and prison industries led to the creation of what he calls a predatory system of governance.

Joe Soss on How Governments and Corporations Made the Criminal Justice System Profitable