Leslie Paik’s research interests are youth, families, and law and society. Her most recent book is “Trapped in a Maze: How Social Control Institutions Drive Family Poverty and Inequality” (2021, UC Press). A professor in the T. Denny Sanford School of Social and Family Dynamics at ASU, she was previously a professor of sociology at The City College of New York and the CUNY Graduate Center. Paik earned her PhD at the University of California Los Angeles and a BA at Brown University.
- PhD University of California, Los Angeles
- BA Brown University
RECENT SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Paik, Leslie, Brittany Romanello, and Aaron Thompson. 2023. "Victim Experiences with Restitution and Compensation." https://thesanfordschool.asu.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/Victim-Experiences-with-Restitution-Compensation_2023.pdf
Paik, Leslie, Andrea Guiffre, Alexes Harris, and Sarah Shannon. 2023. “The Long Reach of Juvenile and Criminal Legal Debt: How Monetary Sanctions Shape Legal Cynicism and Adultification” Children and Youth Services Review https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2023.107121
Paik, Leslie and Chiara Packard. 2023. “Broadening the Lens of Procedural Justice Beyond the Courtroom: A Case Study of Legal Financial Obligations in the Juvenile Court.” Law and Social Inquiry. https://doi.org/10.1017/lsi.2022.77
Paik, Leslie. 2022. “The influence of family multi-institutional involvement on children’s health management practices.” Children, 9(6), 828; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060828
Paik, Leslie. 2021. Trapped in a Maze: How Social Control Institutions Drive Family Poverty and Inequality. Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press.
Courses
2025 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SOC 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SOC 399 | Supervised Research Experience |
2024 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 415 | Families and Social Policy |
| SOC 399 | Supervised Research Experience |
| FAS 390 | Supervised Research Experience |
| SOC 792 | Research |
| SOC 799 | Dissertation |
2024 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 790 | Reading and Conference |
| SOC 792 | Research |
2023 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 498 | Pro-Seminar |
| SOC 415 | The Family |
| SOC 799 | Dissertation |
| SOC 792 | Research |
2023 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CDE 590 | Reading and Conference |
| SOC 790 | Reading and Conference |
2022 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 591 | Seminar |
| SOC 498 | Pro-Seminar |
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SOC 415 | The Family |
| SOC 498 | Pro-Seminar |