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Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Probationer Decision Making: A Social Cognitive Model, Nebraska, 2015-2019 (ICPSR 37944)
Released/updated on: 2023-02-28
Geographic coverage: United States, Nebraska
Time period: 2015-01-01--2019-01-01
This project analyzed the influence of a therapeutic jurisprudence model on the probation process in the state of Nebraska. Therapeutic jurisprudence is defined as an approach to law and legal processes that states the way agents of the law (judges, attorneys, and officers) play their roles imposes inevitable consequences on the psychological well-being of those affected. To measure this phenomenon, 509 probationers and 75 probation officers were surveyed in Nebraska. Variables collected by the researchers included probationers perceptions of justice, anticipated emotion, relationships with officers, and motivation.