Community Legal Service: Assessing Need for Legal Advice in Scotland - Overview Report

DescriptionReport detailing findings from research conducted to assess the need for legal advice in 4 areas with Community Legal Service pilot partnerships in: Fife; Edinburgh; Glasgow West; and Argyll & Bute.
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Website Publication DateMay 25, 2004

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2004

ASSESSING NEED FOR LEGAL ADVICE IN SCOTLAND
Community legal service:

OVERVIEW REPORT

James Law, Sinead Assenti, Gareth Barton, Kirsty McKissock Market Research UK Ltd;
Professor Deborah Baker and Steve Barrow, University of Salford; Dan Cookson, SeeIT Ltd

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CONTENTS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
PROJECT AIMS
METHODS
SUMMARY
CHAPTER TWO KEY SURVEY FINDINGS
DEMOGRAPHIC PROFILES
PREVALENCE OF JUSTICIABLE PROBLEMS
HELP/ADVICE/INFORMATION SOUGHT - GENERAL POPULATION
NO ADVICE TO DATE
VIEWS OF PROVIDERS
SUMMARY
CHAPTER THREE FINDINGS FROM PROXY MODELLING
THE POLICY CONTEXT OF MODEL DEVELOPMENT
CONCEPTUAL ISSUES WITH THE MEASUREMENT OF LEGAL NEED
CLS SMALL AREA PREDICTIVE NEED MODELS
USING PROXY MODELS TO DEVELOP MEASURES OF LEGAL NEED
SUMMARY
CHAPTER FOUR USING SURVEY DATA TO DEVELOP PROXY MEASURES OF LEGAL NEED
THE MEASUREMENT OF LEGAL NEED
CLUSTERING JUSTICIABLE PROBLEMS
DETERMINANTS OF CLUSTER MEMBERSHIP
PATTERNS OF REPORTING
OVERALL NEEDS SCORE
SUMMARY
CHAPTER FIVE CONCLUSIONS
USE OF A POPULATION SURVEY TO ASSESS LEGAL NEED
USE OF PROXY MODELS TO ASSESS LEGAL NEED
SUMMARY
REFERENCES
APPENDIX ONE QUESTIONNAIRE (LONG VERSION)

The views expressed in this report are those of the researcher and
do not necessarily represent those of the Department or Scottish Ministers.

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