Good practice in the law and safeguarding adults
Subtitle: criminal justice and adult protection
By: edited by Jacki Pritchard ; foreword by Judge Roger Keen.
Contributors: Pritchard, Jacki.
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London; Philadelphia
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781843109372
Subjects: Social workers -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England; Social work with older people -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- England; Social legislation -- England
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Jacki Pritchard; title: A review of relevant legislation in adult protection / Simon Leslie  and Jacki Pritchard; title: Scottish legislative framework for supporting and protecting adults / Kathryn Mackay; title: How police investigate crimes against vulnerable adults / Anonymous; title: Criminal justice and vulnerable adults : who does what? / Kathryn Stone; title: Confidentiality and information-sharing / Simon Leslie; title: The vulnerable adult and the mental capacity act 2005 / David Hewitt; title: Capacity and financial abuse / Penny Letts; title: The role of advocacy and the independent mental capacity advocate (IMCA) in adult protection work / Rob Harris; title: Being an IMCA : experiences in adult protection proceedings / Teresa Gorczynska; title: The commission for social care inspection's legal powers : what it can and cannot do / Adrian Hughes; title: My use of the law in protecting vulnerable adults : from police officer to chief executive of a care provider / Steve Kirkpatrick; title: Reflections on practice : introduction, abuse, harm, and justice / Jacki Pritchard; title: Is there an inevitable tension between the investigation of child abuse and adult abuse which is detrimental to both? / Glyn Jones; title: A view from Wales : communication, mental health issues, and assessing capacity / Alan Carter; title: Vulnerable adult abuse : the legal framework / Anonymous; title: The safeguarding team interface with the law and the legal framework / Peter Sadler; title: The lawyer and case conferences / Anonymous; title: Years of witness support, preparation, and profiling : the investigations support unit, Liverpool City Council / Mark Pathak and Geraldine Monaghan; title: Honour based violence and forced marriage / Judge Marilyn Mornington.