Dimensions of Black Identity Predict System Justification
Shockley, E., Wynn, A., & Ashburn-Nardo, L. (2014). Dimensions of Black identity predict system justification. Journal of Black Psychology. doi: 10.1177/0095798414557276
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The Verdict is In: Judge and Administrator Perceptions of State Court Governance, Confidence, and Trends
Kimbrough, C. D., Herian, M. N., Rottman, D. B., Bornstein, B. H., & Tomkins, A. J. (2014). The verdict is in: Judge and administrator perceptions of state court governance. Justice System Journal. 35, xx-yy. doi: 10.1080/0098261X.2014.920650
Not Just Welfare Over Justice: Ethics in Forensic Consultation
Candilis, P., & Neal, T.M.S. (2014). Not just welfare over justice: Ethics in forensic consultation. Legal and Criminological Psychology, 19, 19-29. doi: 10.1111/lcrp.12038
Evaluation of the Lancaster County Adult Drug Court Year 3
Lancaster County Public Defender Workload Assessment
Just outcomes in the criminal justice system require capable counsel for both the state and the defendant. As caseloads rise, attorneys can and do work faster. However, there is a cost: rising caseloads ultimately mean attorneys will spend less time on each case, therefore aversely impacting both defendants and the legal system. The challenge that […]
Model Nebraska Juvenile Code Project
Center staff working on this project were tasked with producing a model Nebraska Juvenile Code to be used as a basis for revision of the current Nebraska Juvenile Code.
Nebraska Minority and Justice Task Force
The Nebraska Supreme Court and the Nebraska State Bar Association, with the assistance of the Public Policy Center, established the Minority and Justice Task Force in 2001 to identify actual or perceived racial/ethnic bias and discrimination in the Nebraska justice system and make recommendations to the Supreme Court on how to address any identified inequities. […]
Nebraska Minority Justice Committee
The Nebraska Minority Justice Committee (MJC) is a unique statewide collaboration that works to develop and implement just and sustainable policy reforms that will not only improve the system of justice but will also strengthen public trust and confidence in our laws and court system. The Committee is a joint effort of the Nebraska State […]
Reducing Courts’ Failure-to-Appear Rate: A Procedural Justice Approach
This was an evaluation of a pilot project aimed at reducing failure to appear in court for a defendant’s misdemeanor hearing. The rate at which criminal defendants fail to appear in court is as high as 25-30%, depending on the jurisdiction and type of offense. Failure to appear increases workloads and expenditures for the courts […]
Statewide Drug Courts Evaluation
The Nebraska Public Policy Center has conducted two statewide evaluations of Nebraska’s Problem-Solving Courts for the Administrative Office of the Courts. The first evaluation was conducted from March – September of 2007 and covered eight probation problem-solving courts in Nebraska, including three adult drug courts (Midwest Nebraska, Northeast Nebraska, Sarpy County), four juvenile drug courts […]