RT Article
T1 Antecedents of Perceived Fairness in Criminal Courts: A Comparative Analysis
JF International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice
VO 44
IS 3
SP 201
OP 219
A1 Alda, Erik
A1 Marion, Nancy
A1 Baxter, Sandra
A1 Bennett, Richard
A1 Morabito, Melissa
A2 Marion, Nancy
A2 Baxter, Sandra
A2 Bennett, Richard
A2 Morabito, Melissa
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1787829162
AB Criminal courts are an essential component of the criminal justice system. How people perceive courts determines, in part, their compliance with court decisions. When courts are perceived as being just, fair and trustworthy, citizens are more likely to respect court rulings. However, few people have direct experience with the criminal courts, but many do with the police. This paper explores whether citizens’ perception of police fairness affects their perception of criminal courts as being fair and examines the influences of a variety of individual and community factors upon this relationship. We tested a conceptual model with three clusters of predictive variables (individual, community, and national levels) based on data from the Caribbean. The findings indicate that perceived fairness of courts is driven primarily by perceived fairness of the police as well as by involvement in one’s community and an individual’s crime victimization. Policy implications of these findings are explored.
K1 Caribbean
K1 Sem
K1 Victimization
K1 Court fairness
K1 Police fairness
DO 10.1080/01924036.2019.1615521