Understanding the outcome of police safeguarding notifications to social services in South Wales

Ford, K ORCID: 0000-0002-2984-5838, Newbury, A, Meredith, Z, Evans, J, Hughes, K, Roderick, J, Davies, AR and Bellis, MA (2019) Understanding the outcome of police safeguarding notifications to social services in South Wales. Police Journal, 93 (2). pp. 87-108. ISSN 0032-258X

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Abstract

In the UK, demand for the police has changed, with the majority of calls now vulnerability-related. Police safeguarding notifications (N=3,466) over a one-year period for a local authority in Wales were matched to social care records. Over half (57.5%) of notifications were referred to social services and only 4.8% received social service input (e.g. social worker intervention). Over a third of individuals had repeat notifications in the study year. Findings evidence high levels of police-identified vulnerability and an imbalance in vulnerability-related risk thresholds across agencies. Furthermore, some individuals require more appropriate action to mitigate the risk of future safeguarding notifications.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	1602 Criminology
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
Divisions:	Public and Allied Health
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Date of acceptance:	14 February 2019
Date of first compliant Open Access:	21 December 2022
Date Deposited:	21 Dec 2022 11:17
Last Modified:	05 Jul 2025 11:30
DOI or ID number:	10.1177/0032258X19836144
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/18466

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