Increasingly, states are making use of user fees and surcharges to fund criminal justice operations and close budget gaps. Common examples are court fees, DNA fees, drug testing fees, electronic monitoring fees, and intensive supervision fees.
Provide a specific example of the use of fees in the criminal justice system.
Where does the money collected from these fees go?
Discuss the financial advantages and disadvantages to the use of these fees.
Some issues you might include: the ability to offer services/programs which would not be available without the revenues generated by these fees; the hidden costs such as the collection mechanisms; financial implications for those obligated to pay and for the public at large.
Overall, do you believe that the use of the particular fees you have discussed should be relied on by the criminal justice system to support its operations?
One source must be from Budgeting for Public Managers by John W. Swain and BJ Reed.
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