“Court Can Happen Anywhere”: Courtroom Workgroup Members’ Perceptions of the Challenges and Opportunities of a Transformed Workplace

The COVID-19 pandemic has initiated lasting changes in a traditionally staid and inert court system. This study employs a courtroom communities perspective to examine how courtroom workgroup members perceived COVID-19’s impact on their work, their workgroup relationships, and the future of criminal...

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Main Author: Webster, Elizabeth (Author)
Contributors: Huebner, Beth M. ; Early, Alessandra Milagros ; Torres, Luis C.
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Criminal justice and behavior
Year: 2023, Volume: 50, Issue: 11, Pages: 1737-1756
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Keywords:
CRIMINAL justice system
Criminal Justice
Decision-making
Law
Qualitative Analysis

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