Criminal defendants' satisfaction with lawyers: Perceptions of procedural fairness and effort of the lawyer

E. Raaijmakers; J. W. de Keijser; P. Nieuwbeerta; A. J E Dirkzwager

doi:10.1080/1068316X.2014.951646

Criminal defendants' satisfaction with lawyers: Perceptions of procedural fairness and effort of the lawyer

E. Raaijmakers^*
, J. W. de Keijser
, P. Nieuwbeerta
, A. J E Dirkzwager

^*Corresponding author for this work

Leiden University
Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement

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At present, procedural justice theory has predominantly been used to explain defendants' satisfaction with the police, courts and prisons. It is unclear to what extent this theory is also applicable to lawyers. This study investigates to what extent (1) criminal defendants are satisfied with their lawyers and (2) procedural fairness characteristics and the effort of the lawyer are related to defendants' satisfaction with their lawyers. Data from the Prison Project were used: a large-scale research project among Dutch criminal defendants (N = 1479). Results suggest that generally, Dutch defendants are very satisfied with their lawyers. Variation in defendants' satisfaction with their lawyers can be attributed for a substantial part to procedural fairness characteristics.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	186-201
Number of pages	16
Journal	Psychology, Crime & Law
Volume	21
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/1068316X.2014.951646
Publication status	Published - 3 Sept 2014

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criminal defendants
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perceptions
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satisfaction

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