The North Dakota Justice Opinion and Social Services Survey
Welcome to your site! The Primary investigators Dr. Wendelin Hume (second from the right), and Dr. Yi-Ping Hsieh (Co-Pi) (far right). Research Assistant Tara Lulla (front left) and Undergraduate Research Assistants Ashley Hanna (second from the left), and Cierra Storbeck (third from the left), and , Graduate Research Assistant Nicole Johanneson, and Technical Assistant/Social Media Person/Research Assistant Sherina Hume (not pictured).
The beginning idea for this survey began decades ago when Wendelin Hume administered numerous statewide surveys in the state of Texas for a project known as the Texas Crime Poll. The Crime Poll was administered by the College of Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University. Years later Wendelin Hume assisted the North Dakota State Supreme Court with a statewide survey of all legal professionals to examine gender equity in the North Dakota Courts. In both of these instances, the findings from the research prompted improvements in the state justice systems.
Our goals are to collect, analyze, and disseminate information gathered from residents across the state regarding justice, technology, and social services. We also wish to inform the public, justice officials and service providers about met and unmet needs of the citizens. Ultimately we wish to create safer and better informed and connected communities in our state.
This website is partially funded through: The National Center for State and Tribal Elder Justice Coalitions from the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. Grant Number 15POVC-22-GK-01494-NONF.
None of the agencies listed nor any of their components operate, control, are responsible for, nor necessarily endorse, this website (including, without limitation, its content, technical infrastructure, policies, services, and/or tools provided).
First Funder : A special thank you to the College of Arts and Sciences at UND for helping us get started by selecting to fund our project as a winner of the Applied Research to Address the State’s Critical Needs Initiative (2018-2019). We are also proud to have been selected as a winner of the UND Engineering & Environment Sustainability White Paper Award (2018-2019).