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Public Image of Courts, 1977: Special Publics Data

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Principal Investigator(s): United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Summary: This data collection and its companion study, PUBLIC IMAGE OF COURTS, 1977: GENERAL PUBLIC DATA (ICPSR 7703), 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... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR07704.v1

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