The Center's research department is conducting a two-site procedural justice study among individuals with justice system experience in Cleveland, OH and Newark, NJ. The first portion of this study includes a closed-ended survey that will be administered outside of criminal courthouses in the study locations. The second will be an open-ended survey among a select number of justice-involved participants. Both instruments will measure how justice-involved individuals think about the different aspects of the justice system at various touch points - in other words, how various touchpoints of the justice system influence legitimacy and perceptions of fairness.
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The Center, in collaboration with BJA, selected Newark, NJ and Cleveland, OH as the two jurisdictions for the study.
The Center's research department staff drafted the interview instruments and protocols for the closed and open-ended instruments.
Staff received an exemption letter from the Center’s Institutional Review Board for the Newark quantitative survey because no identifying information or any in-depth information was being collected. Staff also received IRB approval on the Newark qualitative interview instrument.
Research staff hired and trained five research assistants in Newark.
The Newark research assistants collected over 400 surveys – meeting their goal – primarily from five locations in the community: Newark Municipal Court; Newark Community Solutions Clinic; Newark Reentry Services; New Hope Baptist Church; and Greater Abyssinian Baptist Church.
The Newark research assistants conducted qualitative interviews with Newark residents at two sites: Newark Reentry Services and Bridges/St. John’s Church. As of June 30th, staff had completed 11 interviews. As of December 2016, 52 interviews have been completed, more than needed and anticipated.
Research staff received IRB exemption from Case Western Reserve University’s IRB on June 12th for the Cleveland instruments. Since data collection at the Cleveland site is being run by a team at Case Western, it was important for us to go through their IRB as well. Staff have applied to Case Western for IRB approval for the qualitative interview instrument, which is scheduled to begin during the next reporting period.
Research staff provided training materials for four research assistants in Cleveland.
The Cleveland research assistants began collecting surveys on June 24th at two locations: the Cleveland Municipal Court and the Cuyahoga County Court. By June 30th (the end of this reporting period), the team had collected 107 surveys. As of December 2016, 409 interviews had been collected, more than needed and anticipated.
The Cleveland research assistants began conducting qualitative interviews with Cleveland residents at three sites: North Start reentry program, Golden Ciphers, and Shaker Square. As of December 2016, staff had completed all 50 interviews.
Center research staff will get all interview audio files transcribed, then develop a codebook, code all data, and conduct qualitative analyses.
Center research staff will write, publish, and disseminate a report that catalogs the research process, including site selection, and describes key outcomes. The report will also outline any policy implications of the findings.
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