Perceptions of procedural justice among female offenders: Time does not heal all wounds.

Abstract

The current study examined the association between perceived procedural injustice of court experiences and emotional, attitudinal, and behavioral outcomes among 94 adolescent and young adult females incarcerated in a high security juvenile facility. Specifically, perceived injustice was related to background characteristics (e.g., race), as well as increased levels of depressive symptoms, institutional offending, and substance use within the facility. These negative effects of perceived injustice were most evident among participants who had been incarcerated for longer periods of time. This suggests that perceived unjust treatment during a court proceeding may have long-term effects once an offender is incarcerated and that both court and correctional settings need to take these perceptions into account.

Shared Race/Ethnicity, Court Procedural Justice, and Self-Regulating Beliefs: A Study of Female Offenders

“…Likely because of the difficulties in gaining access to and surveying inmates (Pickett et al 2014), previous investigations have focused almost exclusively on either the general public or on minor offenders, such as persons stopped for traffic violations or tax offenders (Murphy 2004(Murphy 2005Tyler 2006). In addition, the existing studies that explore offenders' procedural justice perceptions have largely concentrated on male inmates' views about the staff and processes of correctional facilities (Beijersbergen et al 2014;Henderson et al 2010;Reisig & Me sko 2009) with fewer studies examining female offenders (Tatar et al 2012). We further develop this literature by examining female inmates' views about court procedural justice.…”

Legal Attitudes of Immigrant Detainees

“… For recent studies on criminal offenders’ procedural justice perceptions of the police, criminal justice system, and the courts, see Baker et al ; Tatar II, Kaasa, and Cauffman .…”

Consequences of concurrent and simultaneous amphetamine-type stimulant and alcohol use among young adults: hazardous drinking, antisocial behaviour, and contact with police

“…Procedural justice has also been shown to be effective among incarcerated offenders (Baker et al, 2013;Reisig & Mesko, 2009;Tatar et al, 2012). However, Augustyn (2015) argues that the impact of procedural justice among adults engaged in regular offending is weak compared to conventional non-offenders and that the effectiveness of procedural justice on youth offenders, while promising, remains inconclusive.…”

“…Additionally, a study of domestic violence offenders found that offenders who perceived that their arresting police officers were procedurally just during their arrest had lower rates of re-offending post-arrest (Paternoster, Brame, & Sherman, 1997). A number of studies have also shown procedural justice to be effective among arrestees (White, Mulvey, & Dario, 2015) and incarcerated female offenders (Baker et al, 2013;Tatar, Kaasa, & Cauffman, 2012). However, it is unclear whether there are differences in the impact of procedural justice among offenders compared to the general population.…”

“…While the majority of procedural justice research has been conducted with general population samples, a small number of studies have examined the applicability of procedural justice among offender samples (Papachristos et al, 2012). This research suggests that the procedural justice model may be applicable among offenders (Baker et al, 2013;Tatar et al, 2012;White et al, 2015), including young adult recreational drug users .…”