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Measuring the accessibility and equality of civil justice by Pleasence, Pascoe, Balmer, Nigel

“…While, in the UK, attitudes to the criminal justice system have been routinely investigated less effort has been made to measure attitudes to the civil justice…”
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A Study of Professional Awareness Using Immersive Virtual Reality: The Responses of General Practitioners to Child Safeguarding Concerns by Pan, Xueni, Collingwoode-Williams, Tara, Antley, Angus, Brenton, Harry, Congdon, Benjamin, Drewett, Olivia, Gillies, Marco F P, Swapp, David, Pleasence, Pascoe, Fertleman, Caroline, Delacroix, Sylvie

“…The art of picking up signs that a child may be suffering from abuse at home is one of those skills that cannot easily be taught, given its dependence on a…”
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Social Exclusion and Civil Law: Experience of Civil Justice Problems among Vulnerable Groups by Buck, Alexy, Balmer, Nigel, Pleasence, Pascoe

“…Combating social exclusion has become a priority target for many governments and was a key factor in the establishment of the Legal Services Commission (LSC)…”
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TARGETING CIVIL LEGAL NEEDS: MATCHING SERVICES TO NEEDS by Vicky Kemp, Pascoe Pleasence

“…The cost of administering and funding legal aid in England and Wales is in excess of two billion pounds. A recent study of private law family cases highlights…”
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Institutional Racism and Civil Justice by O'Grady, Aoife, Balmer, Nigel, Carter, Bob, Pleasence, Pascoe, Buck, Alexy, Genn, Hazel

“…This article investigates the utility of the term 'institutional racism', using a study of the experiences of Black and Minority Ethnic [BME] people within the…”
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Justice & the Capability to Function in Society by Pleasence, Pascoe, Balmer, Nigel J.

“…All over the world, civil legal problems are ubiquitous. But while all groups in every society that has been studied experience civil justice problems, these…”
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Evolution and revolution: Gauging the impact of technological and technical innovation on Olympic performance by Balmer, Nigel, Pleasence, Pascoe, Nevill, Alan

“…A number of studies have pointed to a plateauing of athletic performance, with the suggestion that further improvements will need to be driven by revolutions…”
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Incentivising disputes: The Role of Public Funding in Private Law Children Cases by Kemp, Vicky, Pleasence, Pascoe, Balmer, Nigel J.

“…This article sets out the findings of a study of 280 publicly-funded private law children cases and associated interviews. It illustrates how both the cost and…”
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Failure to recall: Indications from the english and welsh civil and social justice survey of the relative severity and incidence of civil justice problems by Pleasence, Pascoe, Balmer, Nigel J., Tam, Tania

“…Purpose – Concerns about expenditure on legal aid in England and Wales have led to greater focus on ‘value for money’ and increased strategic targeting of…”
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Needs assessment and the Community Legal Service in England and Wales by Pleasence, Pascoe, Buck, Alexy, Smith, Marisol, Balmer, Nigel, Patel, Ashish

“…This paper provides an overview of recent developments in needs assessment in England and Wales. It describes the origins of the Legal Services Commission, the…”
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Trials and Tribulations: Conducting Randomized Experiments in a Socio-legal Setting by Pleasence, Pascoe

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Debt and disadvantage: the experience of unmanageable debt and financial difficulty in England and Wales by Patel, Ash, Balmer, Nigel J., Pleasence, Pascoe

“…In common with a number of other developed western states, the UK has seen significant growth of consumer debt over the past three decades. In tandem, there…”
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Ignorance in Bliss: Modeling Knowledge of Rights in Marriage and Cohabitation by Pleasence, Pascoe, Balmer, Nigel J.

“…We live our lives against an extensive backdrop of legal rights and responsibilities, yet a growing number of studies indicates low levels of public legal…”
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Evolution and revolution: Gauging the impact of technological and technical innovation on Olympic performance: SPORTS SCIENCE AND THE OLYMPICS by BALMER, Nigel, PLEASENCE, Pascoe, NEVILL, Alan

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Trials and tribulations: conducting randomized experiments in a socio-legal setting by Pleasence, Pascoe

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Surfing the web – Recreation or resource? Exploring how young people in the UK use the Internet as an advice portal for problems with a legal dimension by Denvir, Catrina, Balmer, Nigel J., Pleasence, Pascoe

“…► Use of the Internet to address problems with a legal dimension continues to increase. ► Young people did not use the Internet for problems as often as…”
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When legal rights are not a reality: do individuals know their rights and how can we tell? by Denvir, Catrina, Balmer, Nigel J., Pleasence, Pascoe

“…Public knowledge of rights has been the subject of a number of empirical enquiries over the last decade. In England and Wales, knowledge of rights and its…”
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Wrong about Rights: Public Knowledge of Key Areas of Consumer, Housing and Employment Law in England and Wales by Pleasence, Pascoe, Balmer, Nigel J., Denvir, Catrina

“…Over many decades, processes of juridification have brought about huge growth in legal rights, responsibilities and protections, yet citizens appear to poorly…”
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Firm handling: the litigation strategies of defence lawyers in personal injury cases by Dingwall, Robert, Durkin, Tom, Pleasence, Pascoe, Felstiner, W L F, Bowles, Roger

“…The work of defence lawyers in civil litigation has been neglected by law and society studies. Research on personal injury cases, in particular, has usually…”
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Psychiatric morbidity and people's experience of and response to social problems involving rights by Balmer, Nigel J., Pleasence, Pascoe, Buck, Alexy

“…Psychiatric morbidity has been shown to be associated with the increased reporting of a range of social problems involving legal rights (‘rights problems’)…”
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