Vulnerability as a Contemporary Challenge for Policing

Bartkowiak-Théron, Isabelle; Asquith, Nicole L.; Roberts, Karl

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-51228-0_1

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“…at head of service, head of profession or Government level) and buy-in from front line and managerial staff must be being met, with local and national priorities aligning. This echoes key messages resulting from the seminal work of Bartkowiak-Théron and Asquith (2012) and Bartkowiak-Théron et al (2017) which discuss the need for inter-professional conceptualizations and responses to vulnerability across LEPH professions, where the onus is not only on the front line practitioners but also on those with responsibility at policy-setting and decision-making levels (e.g. heads of services and Government).…”

Section: Findings From the Eag Eventmentioning

confidence: 58%

“…However, there is a dearth of empirical evidence on effective vulnerability assessment, or indeed understanding on what is meant by vulnerability within the two contexts, or by people regarded as vulnerable by police and health services. Examples of the few scholarly studies on vulnerability across LEPH include Bartkowiak‐Théron and Asquith (2012); Bartkowiak‐Théron, Asquith, and Roberts (2017); Paterson and Best (2016). However, despite these key papers' attention to LEPH, the primary foci of the work have been on policing and/or criminal justice.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The core messages emergent from the important work of Bartkowiak‐Théron and Asquith (2012), Bartkowiak‐Théron et al. (2017), and Paterson and Best (2016) when considered in consort, are that of maintaining the concept of vulnerability as a socio‐cultural construct to avoid barriers to inter‐professional responses and working. One unity between services may be the element of protectionism and interventionism seen amongst policing and health; but how these are operationalized may differ, with the focus in law enforcement focused professions being on context‐specific aspects, while health‐focused professions may be able to facilitate through incorporating early intervention and a person focus.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Co‐creation of five key research priorities across law enforcement and public health: A methodological example and outcomes

Murray

Heyman

Dougall

et al. 2020

Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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Accessible summaryWhat is known on the subject? Between policing and health, there are many shared issues. Mental health distress and crises and caring for people who may be vulnerable are priority areas. Working together in partnership is challenging, and fragmented systems and processes are the result. This leads to poor experiences for the police, health professions and the public. What the paper adds to existing knowledge? This paper describes an event that brought together 26 stakeholders involved in law enforcement and public health. The aim of this work was to identify the biggest shared challenges that they experience in their day to day jobs. The five key priorities were as follows: vulnerability; mental health crisis; decision‐making around assessment and triage across professional groups and professional roles; peer support and organizational well‐being; and information and data sharing. What are the implications for practice? This paper demonstrates the strength of bringing partners together throughout law enforcement and public health, making proper time to actually discuss the “big issues” which affect them, how they each experience these issues, and how they might have overcome these within their own professions. Only through working together as partners and having everyone on the same page with the shared priorities can we really start to make a difference in the areas and with the people who matter. The focus on “vulnerability” and “mental health crisis” demonstrates the complexity of the issues between the professions, and that they need to find effective ways to work together to support people. No one professional group can solve inter‐professional challenges alone. AbstractIntroductionLaw enforcement professions now assume more responsibility for tackling mental health issues alongside public health colleagues than ever before. The term “vulnerability” is frequently used within Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH) to identify those requiring emergency mental health care. However, there are ongoing challenges within LEPH to determine whose responsibility this is.AimTo co‐create the most important priorities for LEPH research in Scotland.MethodThe paper describes a collaborative workshop which brought together an Expert Advisory Group (EAG) of 26 senior stakeholders, from academia, policing, mental health nursing, psychiatry, paramedics, emergency medicine, people with lived experience, policy makers and third sector.ResultsThe five key priorities included: vulnerability; mental health crisis; decision‐making around assessment and triage across professional groups and professional roles; peer support and organizational well‐being; and information and data sharing.DiscussionThe paper discusses the EAG group event as a co‐production process, focusing on how key LEPH research priorities were derived.Implications for practiceThis paper demonstrates the inextricable link between co‐production and co‐creation of value via EAG group consensus on LEPH research priorities. Shared vision and professional will are not enough to ensure progress: there must also be shared policy, knowledge and access.

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Section: Findings From the Eag Eventmentioning

confidence: 58%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Co‐creation of five key research priorities across law enforcement and public health: A methodological example and outcomes

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Heyman

Dougall

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Psychiatric Ment Health Nurs

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“…Research has identified that in cases of vulnerability, how police apply their discretion can impact on the care that people receive (Bartkowiak-Théron and Asquith, 2012b). Current models for responding to vulnerability may prevent police using discretion in activating relevant processes such as safeguarding referrals when working with vulnerability (Bartkowiak-Théron and Corbo Crehan, 2012). Furthermore, assumptions of who is ‘at risk’ (see Stanford, 2012) may encourage risk-averse behaviour by the police (Paterson and Best, 2016), as possibly evidenced through the high number of safeguarding notifications identified in this study.…”

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

Ford

Newbury²,

Bezeczky

et al. 2019

The Police Journal

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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.

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“…‘“Hate crime” is a…slippery and somewhat elusive notion whose conceptual and operational ambiguity raises thorny questions for those charged with responding to the forms of victimization and perpetration associated with the construct’ (Chakraborti and Garland, 2012: 500). As Chakraborti and Garland (2012), we prefer to consider these experiences through the lens of iatrogenic, ontological and situational vulnerability (Bartkowiak-Théron et al, 2017). This approach enables us to consider the individual, social and institutional aspects of victimisation, the intersections in vulnerability, and shared experiences across identities.…”

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Diversity and safety on campus @ Western: Heterosexism and cissexism in higher education

Asquith

Ferfolia

Brady

et al. 2018

International Review of Victimology

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Discrimination, harassment and violence can vitiate staff and students’ experiences of education and work. Although there is increasing knowledge about these experiences in primary and secondary education, very little is known about them in higher education. This paper draws from landmark research that examines the interpersonal, educational and socio-cultural perspectives that prevail about sexuality and gender diversity on an Australian university campus. In this paper we focus on three aspects of the broader research findings: the heterosexism and cissexism experienced by sexuality and gender diverse students and staff at the university; their actions and responses to these experiences; and the impact of these experiences on victims. The research demonstrates that although the university is generally safe, sexuality and gender diverse students and staff experience heterosexist and cissexist discrimination, which can have negative ramifications on their workplace and learning experiences.

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Vulnerability as a Contemporary Challenge for Policing

Cited by 9 publications

References 23 publications

Co‐creation of five key research priorities across law enforcement and public health: A methodological example and outcomes

Co‐creation of five key research priorities across law enforcement and public health: A methodological example and outcomes

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

Diversity and safety on campus @ Western: Heterosexism and cissexism in higher education

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