{"id":25,"date":"2019-01-24T11:30:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T17:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-08-08T15:41:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T20:41:05","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am a scholar of punishment, law and society, poverty, and inequality. My work investigates punishment from various vantage points: how the state <em>enacts<\/em> punishment, how justice-involved individuals <em>experience<\/em> punishment, and how politics <em>shape<\/em> punishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For a complete list of research publications and presentations, please see my <a href=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Packard-Chiara_CV_2025-08.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CV<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Publications &amp; Manuscripts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/preprints\/socarxiv\/463bk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/courtroom-898931_1280-edited-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-324\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/courtroom-898931_1280-edited-1.jpeg 962w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/courtroom-898931_1280-edited-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/courtroom-898931_1280-edited-1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/courtroom-898931_1280-edited-1-768x767.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/osf.io\/preprints\/socarxiv\/463bk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Prosecution for Services: How the Blending of <br>Coercion and Care Shape Prosecutors&#8217; <br>Decisions<\/a><br>(<em>Available on SocArxiv<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/lsi.2022.77\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cropped-justice-scaled-3-edited-1-1024x1021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-320\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cropped-justice-scaled-3-edited-1-1024x1021.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cropped-justice-scaled-3-edited-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cropped-justice-scaled-3-edited-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cropped-justice-scaled-3-edited-1-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/cropped-justice-scaled-3-edited-1.jpg 1197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/lsi.2022.77\" target=\"_blank\">Broadening the Lens of Procedural Justice <br>Beyond the Courtroom: A Case Study of Legal <\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/lsi.2022.77\" target=\"_blank\">Financial Obligations in the Juvenile Court<\/a><br>(<em>Law &amp; Social Inquiry<\/em>)<br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/23774657.2021.2011803\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/prison-553836_1280-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-322\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/prison-553836_1280-edited.jpeg 853w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/prison-553836_1280-edited-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/prison-553836_1280-edited-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/prison-553836_1280-edited-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/23774657.2021.2011803\" target=\"_blank\">Incarcerated during a pandemic: Implications of <\/a><br><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/23774657.2021.2011803\" target=\"_blank\">COVID-19 for jailed individuals and their families<\/a><br>(<em>Corrections<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/10778012211026001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/India_president-house-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-326\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/India_president-house-edited.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/India_president-house-edited-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/India_president-house-edited-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/India_president-house-edited-768x766.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/10778012211026001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Contending with Carcerality: Discursive <br>resistance to elite appropriation of anti-<br>violence activism in Indian media<\/a><br>(<em>Violence Against Women<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\">Reports and Op-Eds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/debtorsprison.jlc.org\/documents\/JLC-Debtors-Prison-dane-county.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bills-of-injustice-edited-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-327\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bills-of-injustice-edited-1.jpeg 677w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bills-of-injustice-edited-1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Bills-of-injustice-edited-1-150x150.jpeg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/debtorsprison.jlc.org\/documents\/JLC-Debtors-Prison-dane-county.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Impact of Juvenile Justice Fines and Fees on<br> Family Life: Case Study in Dane County, WI<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wcer.wisc.edu\/docs\/working-papers\/Working_Paper_No_2017_3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/child-1864718_1280-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-329\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/child-1864718_1280-edited.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/child-1864718_1280-edited-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/child-1864718_1280-edited-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/child-1864718_1280-edited-768x771.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wcer.wisc.edu\/docs\/working-papers\/Working_Paper_No_2017_3.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Kindergarten readiness in Wisconsin<\/a><br><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/jjie.org\/2020\/03\/04\/legal-financial-obligations-from-juvenile-court-strain-families-budgets-emotions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mail-1707817-edited-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-332\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mail-1707817-edited-1-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mail-1707817-edited-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mail-1707817-edited-1-1024x1021.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mail-1707817-edited-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mail-1707817-edited-1-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mail-1707817-edited-1-1536x1532.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mail-1707817-edited-1-2048x2042.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/mail-1707817-edited-1-2000x1995.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/jjie.org\/2020\/03\/04\/legal-financial-obligations-from-juvenile-court-strain-families-budgets-emotions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Legal Financial Obligations from Juvenile <br>Court Strain Families\u2019 Budgets, Emotions<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arnoldventures.org\/stories\/improving-timely-justice-in-americas-courts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/clock-650753_1280-edited.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-334\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/clock-650753_1280-edited.jpeg 850w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/clock-650753_1280-edited-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/clock-650753_1280-edited-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/users.ssc.wisc.edu\/~cpackard\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/clock-650753_1280-edited-768x771.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arnoldventures.org\/stories\/improving-timely-justice-in-americas-courts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Improving Timely Justice in America\u2019s 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