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Acta Criminologica : Southern African Journal of Criminology     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 1)
Advances in Cement Research     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 9)
African Safety Promotion     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 4)
African Security Review     Partially Free   (Followers: 7)
Aggression and Violent Behavior     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 358)
Aggressive Behavior     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 22)
Annual Review of Criminology     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 14)
Asian Journal of Criminology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 11)
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 396)
Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 358)
Biometric Technology Today     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 3)
Boletín Criminológico     Open Access  
Brill Research Perspectives in Transnational Crime     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 2)
British Journal of Criminology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 396)
Campbell Systematic Reviews     Open Access   (Followers: 7)
Canadian Graduate Journal of Sociology and Criminology     Open Access   (Followers: 7)
Canadian Journal of Criminology and Criminal Justice / La Revue canadienne de criminologie et de justice pénale     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 14)
Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 265)
Champ pénal/Penal field     Open Access  
Computer Fraud & Security     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 393)
Computer Law & Security Review     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 23)
Contemporary Challenges : The Global Crime, Justice and Security Journal     Open Access   (Followers: 4)
Contemporary Justice Review: Issues in Criminal, Social, and Restorative Justice     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 28)
Corrections : Policy, Practice and Research     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 1)
Crime & Delinquency     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 82)
Crime and Justice     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 27)
Crime Prevention and Community Safety     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 123)
Crime Psychology Review     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 5)
Crime Science     Open Access   (Followers: 60)
Crime, Histoire & Sociétés     Open Access   (Followers: 11)
Crime, Security and Society     Open Access   (Followers: 3)
Criminal Justice and Behavior     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 56)
Criminal Justice Ethics     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 11)
Criminal Justice Matters     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 9)
Criminal Justice Policy Review     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 28)
Criminal Justice Review     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 16)
Criminal Justice Studies: A Critical Journal of Crime, Law and Society     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 25)
Criminal Law and Philosophy     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 13)
Criminal Law Forum     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 8)
Criminocorpus, revue hypermédia     Open Access  
Criminological Studies     Open Access  
Criminologie     Open Access   (Followers: 3)
Criminology and Criminal Justice     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 55)
Crítica Penal y Poder     Open Access  
Critical Criminology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 28)
Critical Studies on Terrorism     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 59)
Cryptologia     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 3)
Current Issues in Criminal Justice     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 14)
Datenschutz und Datensicherheit - DuD     Hybrid Journal  
Delito y Sociedad : Revista de Ciencias Sociales     Open Access  
Derecho Penal y Criminología     Open Access   (Followers: 2)
Detection     Open Access   (Followers: 3)
Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward terrorism and genocide     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 12)
EDPACS: The EDP Audit, Control, and Security Newsletter     Hybrid Journal  
Estudios Penales y Criminológicos     Open Access  
EURASIP Journal on Information Security     Open Access   (Followers: 9)
European Journal of Crime, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 280)
European Journal of Criminology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 35)
European Journal of Probation     Hybrid Journal  
European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 9)
European Polygraph     Open Access   (Followers: 1)
European Review of Organised Crime     Open Access   (Followers: 48)
Feminist Criminology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 21)
Forensic Science International     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 375)
Forensic Science International : Reports     Open Access   (Followers: 6)
Forensic Science International: Genetics     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 18)
Forensic Science, Medicine, and Pathology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 29)
Forensic Toxicology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 19)
Global Crime     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 279)
Health & Justice     Open Access   (Followers: 5)
Homicide Studies     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 10)
IEEE Security & Privacy Magazine     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 31)
IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 16)
IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 27)
Incarceration     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 2)
Information Security Journal : A Global Perspective     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 10)
International Annals of Criminology     Hybrid Journal  
International Criminal Justice Review     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 14)
International Criminal Law Review     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 19)
International Criminology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 6)
International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy     Open Access   (Followers: 9)
International Journal of Applied Cryptography     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 9)
International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 4)
International Journal of Conflict and Violence     Open Access   (Followers: 25)
International Journal of Criminology and Sociology     Open Access   (Followers: 2)
International Journal of Discrimination and the Law     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 7)
International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 11)
International Journal of Information and Coding Theory     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 9)
International Journal of Police Science and Management     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 316)
International Journal of Prisoner Health     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 18)
International Journal of Punishment and Sentencing, The     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 9)
International Review of Victimology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 13)
Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling     Partially Free   (Followers: 6)
Journal of Adult Protection, The     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 15)
Journal of Aggression, Conflict and Peace Research     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 42)
Journal of Computer Security     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 12)
Journal of Computer Virology and Hacking Techniques     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 6)
Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 16)
Journal of Correctional Education     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 2)
Journal of Crime and Justice     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 15)
Journal of Criminal Justice     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 65)
Journal of Criminal Justice Education     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 8)
Journal of Criminal Psychology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 146)
Journal of Criminological Research, Policy and Practice     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 64)
Journal of Criminology     Open Access   (Followers: 16)
Journal of Criminology and Forensic Science     Open Access   (Followers: 9)
Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 1)
Journal of Ethnicity in Criminal Justice     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 3)
Journal of Forensic and Legal Medicine     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 290)
Journal of Forensic Practice     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 63)
Journal of Forensic Psychiatry & Psychology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 51)
Journal of Forensic Sciences     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 376)
Journal of Gender-Based Violence     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 14)
Journal of Genocide Research     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 12)
Journal of Illicit Economies and Development     Open Access   (Followers: 1)
Journal of International Criminal Justice     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 36)
Journal of Investigative Psychology and Offender Profiling     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 18)
Journal of Learning Disabilities and Offending Behaviour     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 32)
Journal of Penal Law & Criminology     Open Access   (Followers: 3)
Journal of Perpetrator Research     Open Access   (Followers: 1)
Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 414)
Journal of Quantitative Criminology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 31)
Journal of Scandinavian Studies in Criminology and Crime Prevention     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 11)
Journal of Strategic Security     Open Access   (Followers: 11)
Justice Evaluation Journal     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 1)
Justice Research and Policy     Full-text available via subscription  
Juvenile and Family Court Journal     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 28)
Kriminologia ikasten : Irakaskuntzarako aldizkaria     Open Access  
Kriminologisches Journal     Full-text available via subscription  
Law, Innovation and Technology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 16)
Nordic Journal of Criminology     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 2)
Occasional Series in Criminal Justice and International Studies     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 3)
Police Journal : Theory, Practice and Principles     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 316)
Police Quarterly     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 297)
Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 386)
Policing: An International Journal of Police Strategies & Management     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 341)
Policy & Internet     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 12)
Política Criminal     Open Access  
Psychology of Violence     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 16)
Psychology, Crime & Law     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 29)
Punishment & Society     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 31)
Research and Reports in Forensic Medical Science     Open Access   (Followers: 6)
Revista Arbitrada de Ciencias Jurídicas y Criminalísticas Iustitia Socialis     Open Access  
Revista Brasileira de Criminalística     Open Access  
Revista de Estudios Jurídicos y Criminológicos     Open Access  
Revista de Movimentos Sociais e Conflitos     Open Access  
Revista Digital de la Maestría en Ciencias Penales     Open Access  
Rivista di Studi e Ricerche sulla criminalità organizzata     Open Access  
Science & Global Security: The Technical Basis for Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation Initiatives     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 4)
Security and Defence Quarterly     Open Access   (Followers: 5)
Security Journal     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 17)
Sexual Abuse in Australia and New Zealand     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 9)
South African Crime Quarterly     Open Access   (Followers: 6)
The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 9)
Theory and Practice of Forensic Science     Open Access   (Followers: 1)
Trauma, Violence, & Abuse     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 51)
Trends in Organized Crime     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 370)
URVIO - Revista Latinoamericana de Estudios de Seguridad     Open Access  
Women & Criminal Justice     Hybrid Journal   (Followers: 313)
Women Against Violence : An Australian Feminist Journal     Full-text available via subscription   (Followers: 15)

           

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Journal of Adult Protection, The
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Number of Followers: 15  
 
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ISSN (Print) 1466-8203 - ISSN (Online) 2042-8669
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  • Preliminary findings on the use of “teaming” in elder abuse
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      Authors: Andie MacNeil, Marie-Therese Connolly, Erin Salvo, Patricia F. Kimball, Geoff Rogers, Stuart Lewis, David Burnes
      Abstract: Our understanding of what intervention strategies are effective in improving the well-being of older adults experiencing elder abuse and self-neglect (EASN) is severely limited. The purpose of this study was to examine the use of a method called “teaming,” a wraparound approach to provide enhanced social support to older adults experiencing EASN. A teaming intervention was administered by advocates in Maine, USA, as a component of a larger community-based EASN intervention, Repair harm, Inspire change, Support connection, Empower choice (RISE), implemented to complement adult protective services. Qualitative interviews and a focus group were conducted with RISE advocates (n = 4). A descriptive phenomenological approach involving two independent assessors was used to code transcripts into themes and subthemes. Three domains were identified: (1) team and support forming process, which describes the development of a supportive network based on each client’s needs; (2) techniques, which refers to the specific strategies advocates use to promote collectivity and shared responsibility around the client; and (3) implementation challenges, which discusses the difficulties advocates encounter when using teaming with people experiencing EASN. This study represents the first in-depth exploration of teaming in the context of EASN intervention. Preliminary findings on the experiences of advocates suggest that teaming is a beneficial approach to support the individualized needs of each client, and to promote improved and sustainable case outcomes for clients.
      Citation: The Journal of Adult Protection
      PubDate: 2023-11-02
      DOI: 10.1108/JAP-07-2023-0019
      Issue No: Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print (2023)
       
  • Exploring the prevalence of loneliness and social isolation in an analysis
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      Authors: Louise Jayne Whitehead
      Abstract: This paper aims to explore the links between being lonely and isolated, and increased risks of abuse for adults with care and support needs. Thematic analysis was used to explore features of loneliness and social isolation present in South Yorkshire Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) published since 2014. Ten out of fifteen SARs indicated there had been issues of loneliness and/or social isolation for the person who was the subject of the SAR. The limitations of this paper are that it only included SARs from the South Yorkshire area. Future research should explore national and international perspectives on these issues. Safeguarding Boards should include actions to address loneliness and social isolation as part of prevention strategies and services to develop approaches that can minimise or prevent abuse before it occurs. Practitioners should routinely explore whether the people they work with feel lonely and/or isolated and support people to take appropriate action to mitigate these risks. This paper uses the existing body of literature about loneliness and social isolation to explore the risks of abuse and neglect for adults with care and support needs.
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      PubDate: 2023-09-29
      DOI: 10.1108/JAP-04-2023-0015
      Issue No: Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print (2023)
       
  • Human stories about self-neglect: told, untold, untellable and unheard
           narratives in safeguarding adult reviews

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      Authors: Michael Preston-Shoot
      Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to update the core data set of self-neglect safeguarding adult reviews (SARs) and accompanying thematic analysis. The initial data set was published in this journal in 2015 and has since been updated annually. The complete data set is available from the author. The second purpose is to reflect on the narratives about adult safeguarding and self-neglect by focusing on the stories that are told and untold in the reviews. Further published reviews are added to the core data set, drawn from the national SAR library and the websites of Safeguarding Adults Boards (SABs). Thematic analysis is updated using the domains used previously, direct work, the team around the person, organisational support and governance. SAR findings and recommendations are also critiqued using three further domains: knowledge production, explanation and aesthetics. Familiar findings emerge from the thematic analysis and reinforce the evidence-base of good practice with individuals who self-neglect and for policies and procedures with which to support those practitioners working with such cases. SAR findings emphasise the knowledge domain, namely, what is actually found, rather than the explanatory domain that seeks to answer the question “why'” Findings and recommendations appear to assume that learning can be implemented within the existing architecture of services rather than challenging taken-for-granted assumptions about the context within which adult safeguarding is situated. A national database of reviews completed by SABs has been established (www.nationalnetwork.org.uk), but this data set remains incomplete. Drawing together the findings from the reviews nonetheless reinforces what is known about the components of effective practice, and effective policy and organisational arrangements for practice. Although individual reviews might comment on good practice alongside shortfalls, there is little analysis that seeks to explain rather than just report findings. Answering the question “why'” remains a significant challenge for SARs, where concerns about how agencies worked together prompted review but also where positive outcomes have been achieved. The findings confirm the relevance of the evidence-base for effective practice, but SARs are limited in their analysis of what enables and what obstructs the components of best practice. The challenge for SAR authors and for partners within SABs is to reflect on the stories that are told and those that remain untold or untellable. This is an exercise of power and of ethical and political decision-making. The paper extends the thematic analysis of available reviews that focus on work with adults who self-neglect, further reinforcing the evidence base for practice. The paper analyses the degree to which SARs answer the question “why'” as opposed simply to answering the question “what'” It also explores the degree to which SARs appear to accept or challenge the context for adult safeguarding. The paper suggests that SABs and SAR authors should focus explicitly on what enables and what obstructs the realisation of best practice, and on the choices they make about the stories that are told.
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      PubDate: 2023-07-17
      DOI: 10.1108/JAP-04-2023-0014
      Issue No: Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print (2023)
       
  • Sexual abuse and its impact on the well-being of women: evidence from
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      Authors: Avanish Bhai Patel
      Abstract: Women are being victimized sexually everywhere today, whether it is at home or office. Women are targeted for molestation, eve-teasing, and rape and sometimes they are murdered after rape. The objective of the present study is to understand the trend of sexual abuse in the socio-cultural context of India. The study aims to examine the relationship between the victim woman and the perpetrator and the impact of sexual abuse on the well-being of women. The study applies the content analysis method for collecting data and conducting research. The data for this study were collected from June 2020 to November 2020. The sample cases for the current study were gathered manually by reading each and every news section that was published on sexual abuse in the various newspapers and magazines that were referenced in the introduction. The study has found that women are mostly targeted for sexual abuse by known persons. The study has also found that girls between 6 and 15 years of age have suffered most from sexual abuse. Moreover, the study has pointed out that sexual abuse has a negative impact on women such as sometimes women commit suicide after sexual abuse, face psychological problems and sometimes they are, and their family members are threatened. Incidents of sexual abuse are affecting the mental happiness of women and an environment of fear is being created for women in society. This is an original work of the author. The research work is based on content analysis that examines the nature and impact of sexual abuse among women in society by using socio-cultural perspective.
      Citation: The Journal of Adult Protection
      PubDate: 2023-06-22
      DOI: 10.1108/JAP-02-2023-0005
      Issue No: Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print (2023)
       
  • Examining the effect of elder abuse on welfare status: the case of
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      Authors: Dianah Aharimpisya, Frank Pio Kiyingi, Francis Kasekende
      Abstract: This paper aims to examine the predictive potential of elder abuse on welfare status of older persons in selected districts in Southwestern Uganda. The study took a cross-sectional descriptive and analytical design. Using a sample of 285 respondents, data were obtained from 201 usable questionnaires collected from caregivers and officials relating with older persons in this area making it a response rate of 70.5%. Using statistical program for social scientists (SPSS), the researchers tested and analyzed six hypotheses. Results indicate that physical abuse, emotional abuse, financial abuse and neglect negatively and significantly predicted welfare status. Though negatively related, social abuse and sexual abuse did not significantly predict welfare status. Family members and caregivers must make practices that do not promote physical abuse, emotional abuse, financial abuse and neglect as these negatively affect the welfare status of elderly persons. District officials such as community development officers and other persons handling older persons need to implement policies that promote the welfare status of the elderly. The study demonstrates that the existence of physical abuse, emotional abuse, financial abuse and neglect is a deterrent to older person’s welfare status.
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      PubDate: 2023-06-13
      DOI: 10.1108/JAP-02-2023-0004
      Issue No: Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print (2023)
       
  • Intimate partner violence in India: a study of associated factors

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      Authors: D.C. Pathak, Rishi Kumar
      Abstract: Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is a global phenomenon. IPV is a public health, social policy and human rights concern across the globe. It remains a serious issue in Indian context as well. This paper aims to identify the factors associated with IPV using India’s nationally representative National Family Health Survey (NFHS) data. To identify the factors associated with IPV in India, the authors have used binary logistic regression to estimate two models. The outcome variables are women facing physical violence in the first model and sexual violence in the second. The explanatory variables are broadly socio-economic indicators related to the women and a few other indicators related to the characteristics of the household. The authors found that urban and working women face higher odds of violence. Alcohol consumption by the husband increases the risks of IPV, whereas risk decreases with women’s autonomy. Even though the prevalence of physical and sexual violence has decreased by 6.8% and 3.9% from 2005–2006 to 2019–2021, the data shows that women across social, economic and regions still face violence from their partners. However, the physical violence increased from 2015–2016 to 2019–2021. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this study is a distinct attempt to use pooled data of the nationally representative sets NFHS-3 (2005–2006), NFHS-4 (2015–2016) and NFHS-5 (2019–2021) to study the factors associated with IPV in India.
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      PubDate: 2023-05-16
      DOI: 10.1108/JAP-11-2022-0033
      Issue No: Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print (2023)
       
  • The role of the Mental Health Act 1983 in safeguarding adults at risk of
           abuse and neglect: a thematic analysis of safeguarding adults reviews

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      Authors: Deborah Foss
      Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to consider the role of the Mental Health Act (MHA) 1983 in safeguarding adults at risk of abuse and neglect. The author has undertaken a thematic review of Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) commissioned in England and Adult Practice Reviews (APRs) commissioned in Wales where the MHA 1983 was a central aspect to the review. Reviews were included based on specific determinants, following analysis of SARs, APRs and executive summaries. This should not affect the credibility of the research, as themes were identified in conjunction with analysis of literature regarding use of the MHA in the context of adult safeguarding. Consequently, this review has been underpinned by evidence-based research in the area of study. The interaction between statutes, such as the MHA 1983 and Care Act 2014, signify challenges to professionals, with variable application of mental health legislation in practice. Lack of a complete national repository for review reports means that it is likely that the data set analysis is incomplete. It was noted that limitations to this research include the fact that Safeguarding Adults Boards in England may not publish SAR reports or may choose to publish an executive summary or practice brief instead of the full SAR report, therefore limiting the scope of disseminating learning from SARs, as this is difficult to achieve where the full report has not been published. The author aimed to mitigate this by undertaking comprehensive searches of Local Authority and SAB websites, in addition to submitting Information requests to ensure that this research encompassed as many relevant review reports as possible. This is an important and timely topic for debate, given that the UK Government is proposing reform of the MHA 1983. In addition, existing thematic reviews of SARS tend to be generalised, rather than specifically focused on the MHA.
      Citation: The Journal of Adult Protection
      PubDate: 2023-05-15
      DOI: 10.1108/JAP-11-2022-0028
      Issue No: Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print (2023)
       
  • Harassment and slurs or epistemic injustice' Interrogating discriminatory
           abuse through safeguarding adult review analysis

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      Authors: Karl Mason
      Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to interrogate and develop the conceptualisation of discriminatory abuse in safeguarding adults policy and practice beyond the current interpersonal definition. The paper draws on Safeguarding Adults Reviews (SARs) that refer to discriminatory abuse or safeguarding practice with adults who have care and support needs and protected characteristics. A search of the national network repository of SARs identified 27 published reviews for inclusion. The contents were thematically analysed to understand how discrimination was experienced in these cases. Fricker’s “Epistemic Injustice” theory was adopted as a conceptual framework, informing the analysis of findings. Evidence from SARs provides a challenge to the interpersonal emphasis on language and behaviour in national policy. Although the reviews acknowledge that interpersonal abuse occurs, a close reading spotlights practitioner and institutional bias, and inattention to social, structural and contextual factors. The silence on these matters in policy provides a narrow frame for interpreting such abuse. This suggests significant potential for epistemic injustice and signals a need to acknowledge these social, structural and contextual factors in safeguarding practice. Discriminatory abuse is an under-researched and under-utilised category of abuse in safeguarding adults practice. The paper adopts Fricker’s theory of “Epistemic Injustice” to highlight the silencing potential of current policy approaches to discriminatory abuse to suggest a more inclusive and structural framing for safeguarding practice with those targeted due to their protected characteristics.
      Citation: The Journal of Adult Protection
      PubDate: 2023-05-08
      DOI: 10.1108/JAP-01-2023-0003
      Issue No: Vol. ahead-of-print, No. ahead-of-print (2023)
       
  • Editorial

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      Editorial
      Bridget Penhale, Margaret Flynn
      The Journal of Adult Protection, Vol. 25, No. 5, pp.249-253The Journal of Adult Protection2023-10-31
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      Issue No: Vol. 25, No. 5 (2023)
       
 
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