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Helping hand to justice
- Authors:
- MacKINNON Shelagh, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 31.10.02, 2002, pp.38-39.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a multi-agency investigation into alleged sexual offences involving people with learning difficulties. It is providing promising results, enabling the best available evidence to be obtained from witnesses.
Best evidence
- Author:
- HOPKINS Graham
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 10.10.02, 2002, p.40.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
Reports on a scheme in Staffordshire where social services and police are working together to improve collecting evidence from people with learning difficulties who are victims of sexual abuse.
Ethical approaches to physical interventions: responding to challenging behaviour in people with intellectual disabilities
- Editor:
- ALLEN David
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 2002
- Pagination:
- 239p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
This book, based on contributions from academics and practitioners in the UK and USA, is an overview of key developments and current best practice in the field. It includes and overview of current policies and practices, an examination of physical interventions and abusive practice, and a discussion of objectives for the immediate future. It is intended as a reference for commissioners, service providers and physical interventions trainers, as well as anyone concerned with improving our response to challenging behaviour.