RT Article
T1 Service Providers’ Knowledge and Perceptions of the Legal Service Needs of Crime Victims
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 42
IS 3
SP 589
OP 609
A1 Bouffard, Leana A.
A2 Nobles, Matt R.
A2 Goodson, Amanda
A2 Brinser, Kadee
A2 Koeppel, Maria
A2 Marchbanks, Miner P.
A2 Chaudhuri, Nandita
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764202880
AB 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.
K1 Victimization
K1 Accessibility of services
K1 Legal services
DO 10.1007/s12103-016-9374-2