Public Trust & Confidence in the Courts

The Public Policy Center, along with SRL (Scientific Resources for the Law) the UNL Law/Psychology Program, and the Survey Research Center at IUPUI , worked under the auspices of the National Center for State Courts on developing a national survey undertaken in early 1999. The survey, funded by the Hearst Corporation, attempted to discover what the American public thinks about the performance of state and local courts and identify different levels of confidence in and satisfaction with the courts.

Please click here to view the "How the Public Views the State Courts: A 1999 National Survey" report.

Related publication:

Rottman, David B. and Tomkins, Alan J. Fall 1999. Public Trust and Confidence in the Courts: What Public Opinion Surveys Mean to Judges. Court Review, 36:3, 24-31.