Service Providers’ Knowledge and Perceptions of the Legal Service Needs of Crime Victims

2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 589-609 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leana A. Bouffard ◽  
Matt R. Nobles ◽  
Amanda Goodson ◽  
Kadee Brinser ◽  
Maria Koeppel ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Crime Victims ◽  
Legal Service ◽  
Service Needs

scholarly journals Crime Victims and Their Unmet Civil Legal Needs: Pro Bono Service Provision Among Private Attorneys

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 26-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leah E. Daigle ◽  
Michelle N. Harris ◽  
Sadie J. Mummert
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Crime Victims ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Legal Service ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Service Engagement ◽  
Pro Bono

Crime victims often experience a host of negative consequences. In relation to these consequences, crime victims may also find themselves in need of assistance from the criminal justice system and civil legal service providers. Despite this need, crime victims often lack access to civil legal services. One way to potentially improve the availability and accessibility of civil legal services for crime victims is to increase the provision and availability of pro bono services; however, the way that attorneys perceive pro bono service for crime victims may be an impediment to service provision. Despite this, little is known about how private attorneys view pro bono work with crime victims. We examine how private attorneys view pro bono work with crime victims, the barriers to this service and what may incentivize them to engage in this work by utilizing data from a project assessing the civil legal needs of crime victims in the state of Georgia (USA). We find that a relatively small proportion of private attorneys in Georgia engage in pro bono work with crime victims. Barriers and incentives to pro bono service engagement and implications are discussed.

Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Service Providers’ Perspectives on Nigerian Immigrants’ Domestic Violence Experiences

2020 ◽  
pp. 107780122095426
Author(s):  
Ijeoma Nwabuzor Ogbonnaya ◽  
Olufunmilayo Ibitola Fawole ◽  
Cynthia Fraga Rizo
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Sexual Assault ◽  
Support Groups ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Nigerian Immigrants ◽  
Related Service ◽  
Controlling Behavior

We investigated 13 domestic violence (DV) and sexual assault agency directors’ perspectives regarding Nigerian immigrants’ experiences of violence, DV-related service needs, and best strategies for providing those needs. Directors across five U.S. states were surveyed. Descriptive analyses showed the most common DV types were controlling behavior and cultural/traditional. The most important DV support needs were informational, informal, and legal. Formal support from DV agencies, support groups, and law enforcement was rated the most helpful strategies. Participants wanted to learn more about Nigerian immigrants’ DV experiences. Findings highlight implications for the development of Nigerian-specific DV services.

Development of a Legal Service Needs and Barriers Measure for Victims of Family Violence and Other Crime

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi M. Wright ◽  
Tejaswinhi Srinivas ◽  
Michelle Seulki Lee ◽  
Anne P. DePrince
Keyword(s):  
Family Violence ◽  
Legal Service ◽  
Service Needs

scholarly journals Towards business ecosystems for connected health

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 96
Author(s):  
Julius Francis Gomes ◽  
Minna Pikkarainen ◽  
Petri Ahokangas ◽  
Riikka Niemelä
Keyword(s):  
Conceptual Model ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Business Models ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Day Surgery ◽  
Healthcare Sector ◽  
Service Needs ◽  
Innovation Ecosystem ◽  
Connected Health ◽  
Business Ecosystems

Digitalisation is seen as a vehicle for restructuring practices of social and health care in Finland. A conceptual model of connected health has evolved over time focusing on bringing together individuals and health professionals by means of ‘eHealth’, ‘telecare’, ‘telemedicine’ or ‘telehealth’ services and data connected via the Internet of Things. Digital transformation has triggered the emergence of innovative connected health services, as well as novel business models in the health and healthcare sector. Additionally, current literature emphasises growing importance of ecosystems in advancing the connected health business. The main reason for this, the increased understanding of business ecosystems would allow companies to create coherent services that would be easier for patients and health professionals (e.g. doctors and nurses) to use. This paper aims to develop and present a conceptual model for business ecosystem for connected health by mapping service needs for healthcare in the future. For this research, we conducted 16 meetings/workshops related to business models and business ecosystems. We also involved different end-user groups in our research (seven doctor interviews, four workshops with nurses and digital discussions and workshops with 12 parents with sick children). This qualitative case study illustrates the construct of the Nordic Central Hospital test lab- an innovation ecosystem for connected health service providers. Alongside the broad service map, we demonstrate the logic of value flow between different layers of services in the ecosystem. From an originality perspective, this multidisciplinary paper focuses on the pediatric day surgery to check the scope of connected health, which has not been done before.

scholarly journals Lost Identity: Transgender Persons Inside Indian Prisons

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arijeet Ghosh ◽  
◽  
Madhurima Dhanuka ◽  
Sai Bourothu ◽  
Fernando Lannes Fernandes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Policy Making ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Legal Service ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Transgender Persons ◽  
Consultative Process ◽  
Right To Information ◽  
Legal Frameworks ◽  
Information Requests

This report sheds light on challenges faced by Transgender persons in Indian prisons. The report analyses the international and legal frameworks in the country which provide the foundation for policy formulations with regard to confinement of LGBT+ persons, with particular reference to the Transgender community. This report also documents the responses received to right to information requests filed to prison headquarters across the country, which in addition to providing the number of Transgender prisoners in Indian prisons between 1st May 2018 to 30th April 2019, also provides relevant information on compliance within prisons with existing legal frameworks relevant to protecting the rights of Transgender persons in prisons, especially in terms of recognition of a third gender, allocation of wards, search procedures, efforts towards capacity building of prison administrators etc. The finalisation of this report has involved an intense consultative process with individuals and experts, including representatives from the community, community-based organisations as well as researcher and academicians working on this issue. This report aims to enhance the understanding of these issues among stakeholders such as prison administrators, judicial officers, lawyers, legal service providers as well as other non-state actors. It is aimed at better informed policy making, and ensuring that decisions made with respect to LGBTI+ persons in prisons recognize and are sensitive of their rights and special needs.

The Death of the Legal Profession and the Future of Law

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Service Providers ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Legal Profession ◽  
Legal Service ◽  
Law Firm ◽  
Commercial Practice ◽  
Technology Platforms ◽  
The Law ◽  
And Shifts

This article identifies the five large-scale changes that have happened or are happening to the legal profession: 1. How technology solutions have moved law from a wholly bespoke service to one that resembles an off-the-shelf commodity; 2. How globalisation and outsourcing upend traditional expectations that legal work is performed where the legal need is, and shifts production away from high cost centres to low cost centres; 3. How managed legal service providers – who are low cost, technology-enabled, and process-driven – threaten traditional commercial practice; 4. How technology platforms will diminish the significance of the law firm; and 5. How artificial intelligence and machine learning systems will take over a significant portion of lawyers’ work by the end of the 2020s. The article discusses how these changes have transformed or are transforming the practice of law, and explains how institutions within the law will need to respond if they are to remain relevant (or even to survive). More broadly, it examines the social implications of a legal environment where a large percentage of the practice of law is performed by institutions that sit outside the legal profession.

Big 4 Firms as Legal Service Providers: Implications for Audit Practice and Future Research Directions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David N. Herda ◽  
Jonathan H. Grenier ◽  
Billy E. Brewster ◽  
Mary E Marshall
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Legal Services ◽  
Legal Service ◽  
Accounting Firms ◽  
Big 4 ◽  
Rule Changes ◽  
Future Research Directions ◽  
The U.S

The Big 4 accounting firms have expanded their legal service arms to historic proportions over the last decade, employing thousands of lawyers around the world. Although most of the Big 4's revenue from legal services is presently generated outside the U.S., they are now making inroads into the U.S. legal market, and rule changes are being considered that would further allow the Big 4 to offer legal services in the U.S. This essay summarizes the current status of Big 4 firms as legal service providers, discusses potential implications of legal offerings for their U.S. audit practices, and suggests directions for future research. Our proposed research questions are informed by several literatures, interviews with former Big 4 partners and practicing attorneys, and a survey of the general public. They center on the fundamental difference between audit and law practices, brand equity considerations, and culture changes within the Big 4.

Legal Service Needs and Utilization of Women Who Trade Sex

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (3) ◽  
pp. 229-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine M. Sloss ◽  
Gary W. Harper
Keyword(s):  
Legal Service ◽  
Service Needs
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