Access to Legal Services in Women's Shelters

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dc.contributor.authorWright, A.C.en
dc.contributor.authorBertrand, L.D.en
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-18T20:14:27Z
dc.date.available2018-07-18T20:14:27Z
dc.date.issued2015-12-01
dc.description.abstractThis study examines access to legal services among clients of three Calgary-area domestic violence shelters. The study samples the views of staff and clients at three domestic violence shelters with the goals of improving understanding of clients' legal service needs, understanding the challenges clients attempting to access legal services encounter and making recommendations for improvement. The authors conclude that clients' service needs are complex and often involve legal problems, yet shelters face specific organizational barriers to coordinating legal services. The authors recommend that a further analysis be undertaken to examine the legal access patterns of women experiencing domestic violence, to assess the prevalence of the barriers identified in the study and to determine whether further barriers are present in other shelters.en
dc.identifier.citationWright, A., & Bertrand, L. (2015). Access to Legal Services in Women's Shelters. (Rep.).Calgary, AB: Canadian Research Institutue for Law and the Familyen
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/32408
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/107198
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherCanadian Research Institute for Law and the Family.en
dc.subjectfamily lawen
dc.subjectlawen
dc.subjectchild abuse
dc.subjectfamily violence
dc.titleAccess to Legal Services in Women's Sheltersen
dc.typereporten
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