Policing Vulnerability through building community connections

Paterson, Craig; Best, David

doi:10.1093/police/pav036

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“…So, for example, an individual who is suffering mental illness, who is homeless and suffering domestic violence can be so prioritised. This supports Paterson and Best (2015) who argue people should not be placed into contentious subpopulations of vulnerability and be left there awaiting some form of service. People in subpopulations may have multiple vulnerabilities, which can vary from person to person (Luna, 2009).…”

Section: Environmental / Situationalsupporting

confidence: 58%

“…Firstly, the focus group noted that the context of vulnerability was often situational and may be the result of a number of factors that can vary from case to case. Interestingly, Paterson and Best (2015) note that vulnerability is context specific but tends to be defined by "deficit frameworks that view individuals as marginalized [sic] or disadvantaged and requiring immediate intervention"…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Bartkowiak-Théron and Asquith (2016) argue that the police and health agencies need to work more closely in developing collaborative policies. Whilst Paterson and Best (2015) add to the debate that effective partnerships are needed to tackle issues such as vulnerability but they do not necessarily have to involve statutory bodies.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Unfortunately, there is considerable evidence to show multi-agency engagement suffers from implementation failure (Kirby, 2013). Paterson and Best (2015) argue that conflicting agency priorities often leads to confusion, with police officers become embroiled in competing policies. Concerns are also voiced in relation to the weaknesses in police training due to the negative effects of persistent stereotypes (Bartkowiak-Théron & Asquith, 2012b), and police profiling (Cooper, 2015).…”

Section: Defining Vulnerabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Defining Vulnerability: From the Conceptual to the Operational

Keay

Kirby

2017

Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice

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Whilst police agencies are increasingly being asked to assist vulnerable individuals, the concept of vulnerability, and how it how it should be policed, remains ambiguous. This study compares current academic thinking with the views and experiences of serving police employees. It presents a conceptual map to depict intersecting individual, social and environmental factors, to assist practitioners understand the concept of vulnerability, that also supports data sharing and partnership working. Further, it highlights the central importance of the police in a multi-agency triage process, signposting vulnerable individuals to the most appropriate service.

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Section: Environmental / Situationalsupporting

confidence: 58%

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confidence: 99%

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Defining Vulnerability: From the Conceptual to the Operational

Keay

Kirby

2017

Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice

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“…The significance of the detention process has largely been neglected from the academic debate in this field. The complexity inherent in the process of transferring an individual undergoing a mental health crisis to a place of safety has been noted to include a range of operational and cross-cultural perspectives that limit the effectiveness of police working with health partners (Short, MacDonald, Luebbers, Ogloff, & Thomas, 2014;de Tribolet-Hardy, Kesic, & Thomas, 2015;Hollander, Lee, Tahtalian, Young, & Kulkarni, 2012;Paterson & Best, 2015). This results in wide variations in the approaches used (HM Inspectorate of Constabulary, 2015).…”

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Police and health operational staff perspectives on managing detainees held under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act: A qualitative study in London

Sondhi¹,

Williams²

2019

JCSWB

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Detention under section 136(1) of the Mental Health Act 1983 allows for the police to detain a person from a public place and “remove [them] to a place of safety” if it is “in the interests of that person or for the protection of other persons in immediate need of care or control.” This study examines the interface between police and health professionals covering the conveyance and transfer of detainees to a place of safety and on completion of the assessment prior to inpatient admission. One hundred ninety-six professionals were interviewed across police (n=38), London Ambulance Service (n=2), Mental Health or Emergency Department staff (n=63), and Approved Mental Health Professionals (AMHPs)/Section 12 doctors (n=93). The data was analyzed thematically using a Framework analysis. The conveyance and transfer of detainees was framed by various elements of detainee risk. Healthcare professionals cited clinical risk, risk associated with substance misuse, professional safety, culture of risk aversion, staffing issues, and fear of certain detainee groups as the main issues. For police, risk was discussed within the context of institutional or professional fear of negligence due to an adverse incident. It is argued that the negative framing of risk at this point of the detention process by all professionals creates a negative therapeutic environment for detainees. Whilst safety is an essential part of the detention process, these distinctions problematize the process for a detainee. The article argues for a more balanced framing of risk to establish a more therapeutic interaction between detainees and police and healthcare providers.

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