Public Image of Courts, 1977 : General Public Data / United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

Format:

Datafile

Contributor:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research.

Series:

ICPSR (Series) ; 7703.

ICPSR ; 7703

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

Justice, Administration of.

Courts.

United States.

Courts--United States--Public opinion.

Justice, Administration of--United States--Public opinion.

Genre:

Academic theses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

ICPSR edition.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor, Mich. : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1984.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

data file

Summary:

This data collection and its companion study, PUBLIC IMAGE OF COURTS, 1977: SPECIAL PUBLICS DATA (ICPSR 7704), were undertaken to explore attitudes toward courts and justice. These surveys sought to measure perceptions of and experiences with local, state, and federal courts as well as general attitudes toward the administration of justice and legal actors. The general objectives of the studies were to (1) determine levels of public knowledge of courts, (2) test reactions to situations that might, or might not, prompt recourse to courts, (3) determine the incidence, nature, and evaluations of court experience, (4) describe and account for evaluations of court performance, (5) indicate attitudes toward legal actors, and (6) indicate reactions to alternative means of dispute resolution. Two samples were drawn: a national sample of the general public and a ''special publics'' sample of judges, lawyers, and community leaders (ICPSR 7704). The 1,931 respondents in the general public sample were interviewed in person by the National Consumer Field Staff of Yankelovich, Skelly, and White, Inc.... Cf.: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07703

Contents:

Part 1: Data File

Notes:

Title from ICPSR DDI metadata of 2004-10-30.

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