Report / Aug 8, 2013
Maze and Gears: Using Explanatory Metaphors to Increase Public Understanding of the Criminal Justice System and its Reform
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DOWNLOADThis report presents the results of metaphor research using qualitative and quantitative methods with approximately 1,300 members of the general public. This research yielded two Explanatory Metaphors — The Justice Maze and Justice Gears — that help advance public understanding of structural problems in the criminal justice system and the need for reform to address these problems.