Surveying Justice : A Practical Guide to Household Surveys
Though household surveys have long been an established part of development practice and regularly used to gather data on poverty incidence and the range of associated indicators, they have not yet become a common tool of justice reform practitioner...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2010/01/12600211/surveying-justice-practical-guide-household-surveys http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18104 |
| Summary: | Though household surveys have long been
an established part of development practice and regularly
used to gather data on poverty incidence and the range of
associated indicators, they have not yet become a common
tool of justice reform practitioners. This guide aims to be
a practical starting point for integrating justice work and
household data collection, targeted both towards justice
practitioners interested in survey design, as well as survey
researchers interested in incorporating justice questions
into their work. It provides guidance on designing a survey,
suggested topics and questions, and ideas to facilitate a
constructive engagement in discussions around justice in
development practice. Household survey data can be
beneficial to understanding justice questions as household
surveys ordinarily cover a large, randomly selected
cross-section of people - including the rich and poor, urban
and rural dwellers - capturing a population's most
common justice issues. Household survey questions commonly
ask respondents about their most frequently experienced
justice issues, issues when seeking redress, and knowledge
and opinions of the law. Household surveys thus complement
data collection techniques more familiar to justice
practitioners (such as user surveys or sector assessments)
that tend to focus on institutions of the justice sector and
hence capture only the views of those who manage to access
such institutions and privilege the perspectives of system
incumbents. Household surveys have their limitations - not
least significant cost, time and complexity implications. In
addition, the standardized nature of surveys limits the type
of information that can be gleaned and hence household
surveys are generally most useful for gaining a picture of
the "what" when it comes to justice issues, with
complementary research methods often needed to properly
understand the "why." Nevertheless, surveys can
represent a useful starting point for engagement in a
particular context, providing a snap shot of the justice
landscape from which more detailed qualitative and
quantitative studies can be undertaken. |
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