The Journal of Adult Protection: Volume 26 Issue 1

Editorial

Bridget Penhale, Ian Cummins

A qualitative study of adult protection procedures: threshold screening of new referrals by designated adult safeguarding practitioners

Scott Fleming

This qualitative study set within Northern Ireland aims to explore professional perspectives on the application of evidence-informed practice to the adult safeguarding threshold…

Restorative justice in safeguarding adults with hate crime and discriminatory abuse: exploring the evidence

Karl Mason, Rosslyn Dray, Jane C. Healy, Joanna Wells

The purpose of this paper is to consider what safeguarding responses to discriminatory abuse and hate crime might learn from existing research on restorative justice and to drive…

Financial harm in the context of adult protection: the complexity of factors influencing joint decision-making

Melanie Durowse, Jane Fenton

This research was conducted as part of a PhD study. The purpose of this paper is to explore the factors taken into consideration when multi-agency practitioners were considering…

How to handle the academic literature of sex offenders? A post-publication protection mechanism is needed

Jaime A. Teixeira da Silva

The purpose of this paper is to reflect on the creation of safe academic (education and research) environments that offer proper protections to adult academics and staff, so that…

Young People, Stalking Awareness and Domestic Abuse. Edited by Maria Mellins, Rachael Wheatley and Caroline Flowers

Bridget Penhale, Ian Cummins, Vernando Yanry Lameky