Service Providers’ Knowledge And Perceptions Of The Legal Service Needs Of Crime Victims

Keywords

Accessibility of services; Legal services; Victimization

Abstract

Currently, there is an expansive body of victimization literature within the criminal justice field, which covers a number of essential topics such as victimization trends and patterns, short-and long-term effects of victimization, as well as specific effects of intimate partner violence and sexual assault victimization. Despite the variety of topics examined by empirical research, there is a noticeable lack of discourse pertaining to civil legal services for crime victims. This study is among the first to take a close look at civil legal services for victims by exploring three uncharted areas including: (a) service providers’ knowledge of civil legal services, (b) the legal needs of crime victims and available services, and (c) barriers between victims and accessing civil legal services. Using quantitative and qualitative data from interviews with service providers, policy implications and future research recommendations are discussed.

Publication Date

9-1-2017

Publication Title

American Journal of Criminal Justice

Volume

42

Issue

3

Number of Pages

589-609

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1007/s12103-016-9374-2

Socpus ID

84994691852 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84994691852

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