Ford, Kat, Newbury, Annemarie, Bezeczky, Zoe, Evans, Jessica, Hughes, Karen, Roderick, Janine, Davies, Alisha R and Bellis, Mark A
2020.
Understanding the outcome of police safeguarding notifications to social services in South Wales.
Police Journal
93
(2)
, pp. 87-108.
10.1177/0032258X19836144
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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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Date Type: | Publication |
Status: | Published |
Schools: | Medicine Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) |
Publisher: | SAGE |
ISSN: | 0032-258X |
Date of First Compliant Deposit: | 4 September 2019 |
Last Modified: | 02 May 2023 12:57 |
URI: | https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/121110 |
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