NCJ Number
96108
Date Published
1977
Length
7 pages
Annotation
After a brief study description, this codebook lists the questionnaire items and the coding used in a data set obtained by mailing questionnaires in 1970 to a random sample of 474 attorneys across the country to determine their attitudes and experiences regarding indigent or unpopular clients.
Abstract
The research objectives included determining the relationship between attorney behavior in representing indigent or unpopular clients and the attitudes, specialties, backgrounds, and environments of the attorneys, so as to produce policy recommendations for increasing the representation of indigent and unpopular clients. The research also analyzed the joint causation phenomenon whereby neither favorable attitudes nor favorable opportunities alone lead to representation of unpopular defendants; whereas, the combination of both factors does increase representation of such defendants.