...Imogen Parry Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify and encourage good practice in adult safeguarding by housing providers, despite their unclear and largely unregulated role in this area. Design/methodology/approach Literature search on policy and research on the role of housing...

..., multi-agency working, good practice Introduction The Safeguarding Adults Unit in Cornwall is an independent unit, accountable to a multi-agency board, the Safeguarding Adults Board (SAB). As the operational lead within the Unit, I was asked by the Editors of The Journal of Adult Protection to provide...

...Ruth Northway; Rachel Davies; Robert Jenkins; Ian Mansell The importance and challenges in providing a good practice evidence base for adult protection are outlined. The literature search, review and mapping exercise that formed part of the Abuse of Adults with Learning Disabilities: Policy...

...Joanna Perry This article considers the experiences of people with learning difficulties as victims of hate crime. It considers how the Crime and Disorder Act and No Secrets can help identify and prevent hate crime, and examines an example of good practice designed to produce an effective response...