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- Title
Development and effects of client trust in criminal defense attorneys: preliminary examination of the congruence model of trust development.
- Authors
Boccaccini, Marcus T.; Boothby, Jennifer L.; Brodsky, Stanley L.
- Abstract
The present study examines the relation between client participation in attorney-client relationships, the development of client trust in criminal defense attorneys, and client satisfaction with attorneys and case outcomes. The congruence model of trust development (CMTD) is proposed to explain the relation between desired participation by clients, allowed participation by attorneys, and the development of client trust in attorneys. The CMTD predicts that clients who trust their attorneys will subsequently be satisfied with their attorneys and case outcomes. A sample of 96 experienced criminal defendants currently in prison completed the Attorney-Client Trust Scale (ACTS: Boccaccini and Brodsky, 2002) and provided information about their experiences with their most recent criminal defense attorneys. Findings were generally consistent with the CMTD in suggesting that (i) allowed participation is associated with trust in attorneys, and (ii) trust is associated with satisfaction with attorneys and case outcomes.
- Subjects
ATTORNEY &; client; PRACTICE of law; LEGAL ethics; CRIMINAL justice system; INTERPERSONAL relations; LAW &; ethics
- Publication
Behavioral Sciences & the Law, 2004, Vol 22, Issue 2, p197
- ISSN
0735-3936
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/bsl.584