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Title
Gender and mental health: an examination of procedural justice in a specialized and comparison court context
Description
Procedural justice has become a widely researched topic in the criminological field with applicability to multiple arenas, including policing, corrections, and courts. Its main tenents suggest that through fair treatment, respectful dialogue and being given a proper voice, citizens will view their experiences with authority more justly. However, though the literature regarding procedural justice has grown immensely, it is still unclear whether certain characteristics of individuals, such as gender and mental health, play a role in their perceptions of procedural justice. Using secondary data originally collected for Rossman, Roman, Zweig, Rempel and Lindquist’s Multi-Adult Drug Court Evaluation (MADCE), an attempt is made to address the previously neglected association between procedural justice, gender, mental health and the added aspect of specialized drug court participation. Results suggest that both gender and mental health, namely depression, play a significant role in predicting procedural justice. Additionally, being a drug court participant was significantly related to higher levels of perceived procedural justice. Implications for theory, research, and policy are discussed.
Date Created
2016
Contributors
- Somers, Logan J (Author)
- Reisig, Kristy (Thesis advisor)
- Telep, Cody (Committee member)
- Wang, Xia (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Resource Type
Extent
v, 46 pages : illustrations
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
Primary Member of
Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.38539
Statement of Responsibility
by Logan J Somers
Description Source
Viewed on May 18, 2020
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full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: M.S., Arizona State University, 2016
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 38-44)
Field of study: Criminology
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- 2016-06-01 08:40:39
System Modified
- 2021-08-30 01:24:00
- 3 years 2 months ago
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