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People with intellectual disabilities going missing
- Author:
- RICKFORD Richard
- Publisher:
- Missing People
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Pagination:
- 20p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This research aimed to explore the relationship between intellectual disabilities and going missing, with a view to offering better support to people who may be considered at risk of going missing. It draws data from the internal case management database of Missing People, a charity which provides confidential support, including the opportunity to reconnect, for missing people and their families. The findings showed that in 2009-10, 4.7% of the cases dealt with by Missing People involved a person with intellectual disabilities; considerably higher than the 2% of the UK population estimated to have intellectual disabilities. Various characteristics of the missing people with intellectual disabilities were calculated using different samples, including gender, age, accommodation, mental health, and addiction. In nearly one-third of the cases where an intellectual disability was indicated, there was also a concern for the missing person’s mental wellbeing. In 15% of cases, there was evidence that the missing person had a fascination with public transport or that their journey had been disrupted. In another 22% there was evidence that the missing person had arranged to meet a stranger; a number of which had been contacted via the internet. Recommendations are made for policy and further research.
A personal touch: managing the risks of abuse during intimate and personal care
- Authors:
- CAMBRIDGE Paul, CARNABY Steve
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Adult Protection, 2(4), November 2000, pp.4-16.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
This paper identifies considerations for managing the risks of abuse during intimate and personal care for people with learning disabilities and complex needs. Drawing on insights gleaned from research involving interviews with staff, policies and procedures in specialist day and residential services, and the development of a staff training resource, the paper identifies a framework for adult protection practice in this critical area of support.
Sexual abuse in adulthood: ongoing risks for people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, TURK Vicky
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse Review, 3(1), March 1994, pp.26-35.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Reports findings of a 3-year research programme into the sexual abuse of adults with learning disabilities. Inconsistent reporting to and by services can be seen in the results, including lack of agreed practice around consent to sexual activities between service users. Abuse is also perpetrated by staff, volunteers, family members and other known and trusted adults. Thus both definition and detection are important competencies for services to develop. Abuse reported was predominantly perpetrated by men on both women and men with learning disabilities, and the gender issues raised by tackling sexual abuse in unequal staff teams, with their male style of management and a female workforce, are considered.
Implementing adult protection policies in Kent and East Sussex
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, STEIN June
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Policy, 27(3), July 1998, pp.371-396.
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Place of publication:
- Cambridge
Reports on the extent and nature of adult protection cases dealt with by two social services departments during a twelve month period in 1995-6, within the framework of newly revised generic policies on abuse of vulnerable adults. The two counties varied in the level of reporting documented and in the number of cases logged for individuals who fall within the main four groups of 'vulnerable adults' covered by the policies. Arguments for consistent reporting are set out and the tension which exists between formal and informal approaches to the subsequent investigation of abuse discussed with reference to American vulnerable adult statutes.