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Originally Posted by SleepyBob
I don't know if it is in the above article, but one library that implemented a no fine policy had discovered that people in the poorer areas had 50% more late fines than in other areas. And because a $10 fine was a financial hardship for those people, they would stop going to the library, AND never return the overdue books. And these are people who don't have other access to a wide range of books and other library services. When they stopped the fine policy, usage went up, and late returns went down.
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The 'article' is a short story. Here's the link to a web page which is a little hard to read. You can download a text version from Scribd.
https://www.atariarchives.org/bcc2/s...e.php?page=133