Criminal defendants' satisfaction with lawyers: Perceptions of procedural fairness and effort of the lawyer
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2014-09-03
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Raaijmakers, E.
de Keijser, J. W.
Nieuwbeerta, Paul
Dirkzwager, A. J E
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Abstract
At present, procedural justice theory has predominantly been used to explain defendants' satisfaction with the police, courts and prisons. It is unclear to what extent this theory is also applicable to lawyers. This study investigates to what extent (1) criminal defendants are satisfied with their lawyers and (2) procedural fairness characteristics and the effort of the lawyer are related to defendants' satisfaction with their lawyers. Data from the Prison Project were used: a large-scale research project among Dutch criminal defendants (N = 1479). Results suggest that generally, Dutch defendants are very satisfied with their lawyers. Variation in defendants' satisfaction with their lawyers can be attributed for a substantial part to procedural fairness characteristics.
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criminal defendants, lawyers, perceptions, procedural justice, satisfaction, General Psychology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Law, SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
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Raaijmakers, E, de Keijser, J W, Nieuwbeerta, P & Dirkzwager, A J E 2014, 'Criminal defendants' satisfaction with lawyers : Perceptions of procedural fairness and effort of the lawyer', Psychology, Crime & Law, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 186-201. https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2014.951646