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Ford, K, 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 |
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| 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 Health Institute |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Dec 2022 11:17 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Jan 2023 09:15 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1177/0032258X19836144 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/18466 |
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