Procedural Justice - Subject Release
This measure appears in the following time-points: Release.
Related Construct
Description of Measure
The Procedural Justice inventory was adapted for this study to measure the adolescent's perception of fairness and equity connected with their treatment by staff during their time at the institution. The approach taken here was an adaptation of those taken by Tyler (1997). In the release interview, three scores are computed: Staff - Overall and Direct Experience (e.g., "The staff treated me the same way that they treat most people here at X") and perceived bias by staff (e.g., "Staff treat people differently depending on how old they are").
Three scores are computed:
- Overall procedural justice score for staff [r0pjstf]; mean of 16 items. Data must be contained in 13 of the 16 items in order to receive a computed mean.
- Procedural justice scales for staff - direct experience [r0pjstfu]; mean of 13 items. Data is required in 10 of the 13 items.
- Perceived bias by staff [r0bias]; mean of 3 items
One of the scales in this measure ("bias by staff") was used in the development of the eight dimensions of organizational functioning. A full description of the dimensions can be found in the "Dimensions of Organizational Functioning" codebook section.
Data Issues
Item r0proj12 (staff treat males and females differently) was dropped from the interview in version 01.09. This item is not used in the computation of any summary scores.
References
- Casper, J., Tyler, T., and Fisher, B. (1988). Procedural justice in felony cases. Law and Society Review, 22(3) 483-507.
- Tyler, T.R. (1990). Why People Obey the Law. New Haven: Yale University Press.
- Tyler, T. (1997). Procedural fairness and compliance with the law. Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 133 (2/2), 219-240.
- Paternoster, R., Brame, R., Bachman, R., and Sherman, L.W. (1997). Do fair procedures matter? The effect of procedural justice on spouse assault. Law and Society Review, 31, 163-204.
- Srole, L. (1956). Social integration and certain corollaries: An exploratory study. American Sociological Review, 21, 709-716.
- Sampson, R.J. and Bartusch, D.J. (1999). Legal cynicism and tolerance of deviance: the neighborhood context of racial differences. Law and Society Review, 32(4), 777-804.