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Reducing Failure to Appear: A Procedural Justice Approach. Brian Bornstein, Alan Tomkins, Elizabeth Neeley, Mitchel Herian, Joe Hamm University of Nebraska Public Policy Center Project Spotlight 19 January 2010. Outline. Theoretical Foundation Procedural Justice Hypotheses
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Reducing Failure to Appear: A Procedural Justice Approach Brian Bornstein, Alan Tomkins, Elizabeth Neeley, Mitchel Herian, Joe Hamm University of Nebraska Public Policy Center Project Spotlight 19 January 2010
Outline • Theoretical Foundation • Procedural Justice • Hypotheses • Data Collection • Procedure of Data Collection • Preliminary Results of Phase 1 • Conclusion
Procedural Justice/Fairness • Four Primary Components • Voice, Neutrality, Dignity/Respect, Public Interest (Lind and Tyler 1988) • Can impact attitudes such as perceptions of legitimacy (Tyler and Huo 2002; Tyler 2006) and trust (Rottman 1998) • Can have behavioral outcomes (Lind et al. 1993; MacCoun et al. 1988; Tyler 1990)
Hypotheses • Postcard treatment activating participants’ sense of fairness will have the greatest impact upon reducing failure to appear rates (No Reminder, Reminder, Reminder Neg, Reminder Neg/Pos) • Effect should be greater among those with lower levels of trust and confidence in courts • Don’t yet have the data necessary to test this hyp • Effect will be greater among minorities
Data Collection • Receive Daily Data File and Sort • Screen for “Usable” cases • Time and Case Type Determines “Usable” • Mail Postcards 4 Days Before Date • 1 Control Group, 3 Exp. Groups • Capture Dep. Var. One Week Later • JUSTICE Used to Determine DV • Follow Up Survey • Dif. Survey for the 2 Groups
Conclusion Any postcard treatment reduces FTA Negative reminder appears to be more effective for entire sample at this point Racial differences Blacks and Hispanics more susceptible to Negative Whites more receptive to Positive Urban-Rural differences