Good Practice in the Law and Safeguarding Adults Good Practice in Health,Social Care and Criminal Justice Edited by Jacki Pritchard Thisseriesexplorestopicsofcurrentconcerntoprofessionalsworkinginsocialcare, healthcareandtheprobationservice.Contributorsaredrawnfromawidevarietyof settings,bothinthevoluntaryandstatutorysectors. titles in the same series GoodPracticeinSafeguardingAdults WorkingEffectivelyinAdultProtection EditedbyJackiPritchard ISBN9781843106999 GoodPracticeinSafeguardingChildren WorkingEffectivelyinChildProtection EditedbyLizHughesandHilaryOwen ISBN9781843109457 GoodPracticeinBrainInjuryCaseManagement EditedbyJackieParker ForewordbyDavidJ.Price ISBN9781843103158 GoodPracticeinAdultMentalHealth EditedbyTonyRyanandJackiPritchard ISBN9781843102175 GoodPracticewithVulnerableAdults EditedbyJackiPritchard ISBN9781853029820 GoodPracticeinWorkingwithVictimsofViolence EditedbyHazelKemshallandJackiPritchard ISBN9781853027680 GoodPracticeinWorkingwithViolence EditedbyHazelKemshallandJackiPritchard ISBN9781853026416 GoodPracticeinCounsellingPeopleWhoHaveBeenAbused EditedbyZettaBear ISBN9781853024245 GoodPracticeinRiskAssessmentandRiskManagement2volumeset EditedbyHazelKemshallandJackiPritchard ISBN9781853025525 GOOD PRACTICE in the Law and Safeguarding Adults Crowncopyrightmaterialisreproducedwiththepermissionofthe ControllerofHMSOandtheQueen’sPrinterforScotland. Firstpublishedin2009 byJessicaKingsleyPublishers 116PentonvilleRoad LondonN19JB,UK and 400MarketStreet,Suite400 Philadelphia,PA19106,USA www.jkp.com Copyright©JessicaKingsleyPublishers2009 Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproducedinanymaterialform (includingphotocopyingorstoringitinanymediumbyelectronicmeansandwhetherornot transientlyorincidentallytosomeotheruseofthispublication)withoutthewritten permissionofthecopyrightownerexceptinaccordancewiththeprovisionsoftheCopyright, DesignsandPatentsAct1988orunderthetermsofalicenceissuedbytheCopyright LicensingAgencyLtd,SaffronHouse,6–10KirbyStreet,LondonEC1N8TS.Applications forthecopyrightowner’swrittenpermissiontoreproduceanypartofthispublicationshould beaddressedtothepublisher. Warning:Thedoingofanunauthorisedactinrelationtoacopyrightworkmayresultinboth acivilclaimfordamagesandcriminalprosecution. LibraryofCongressCataloginginPublicationData Goodpracticeinthelawandsafeguardingadults:criminaljusticeandadultprotection/ editedbyJackiPritchard. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN 978-1-84310-937-2 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Social workers--Legal status, laws, etc.--England.2.Socialworkwitholderpeople--Legalstatus,laws,etc.--England.3.Sociallegis- lation--England. I.Pritchard,Jacki. KD3302.G662009 344.4203'288--dc22 2008017379 BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationData ACIPcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary ISBN9781843109372 ISBNpdfeBook9781846428586 PrintedandboundinGreatBritainby AthenaeumPress,Gateshead,TyneandWear This book is dedicated to all the victims of abuse who have been let down by the system and are still waiting for justice 11 15 37 54 72 89 106 123 145 161 175 193 210 214 216 219
Description: