Procedural Justice

 This refers to some social science research that shows that people are not influenced by the results of the legal process as much as they are influenced by their opinion of whether the system was fairly administered--their participation in the process, and the dignity and trust of the system.

Tom Tyler's research studies on procedural justice are reprinted in Wexler and Winick's 1996 book, Law in a Therapeutic Key by Carolina Academic Press.