1st Edition

The Simulated Client (1996) A Method for Studying Professionals Working with Clients

By Fran Wasoff, R. Emerson Dobash Copyright 1996
108 Pages
by Routledge

108 Pages
by Routledge

108 Pages
by Routledge

Published in 1996, this book presents an innovative method for studying the work of professionals with clients that was applied to an evaluation study of legislation and of lawyers working with clients seeking a divorce. With the simulated client methods, the researcher plays the role of simulated or hypothetical clients with predetermined characteristics who are consulting a lawyer, the research... Read more

1. The Need for the Method. 2. Developing the Simulated Client. 3. In the Field and After. 4. Identifying Similarities using the Simulated Client. 5. Finding Variation using the Simulated Client.

Biography

Fran Wasoff, R. Emerson Dobash