Sexual Abuse a Journal of Research and Treatment, 32(4), 2020, p.476–49.
Publisher:
Sage
... current implementation. However, as opposed to respondents in the United States, U.K. respondents were also open to the idea of providing a degree of privacy to convicted sex offenders and were more tolerant of sexual offenders living near them. Finally, age, race, and parental status of the respondents were found to be statistically significant predictors among four identified dependent variables
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Within both the United States and the United Kingdom, laws have been implemented that govern the behavior of individuals convicted of certain sexually based offenses. Thus, research has naturally gravitated toward examining the public perceptions of these laws. Although both the United States and United Kingdom have laws regarding convicted sex offenders, and although these laws vary, research into the perceptions of these laws has largely been concentrated within the United States. The current study seeks to fill this gap through a survey of U.K. residents that assesses their perceptions of the implementation of Sarah’s Law. Respondents were gathered through convenience sampling methods in both Bristol and London, England (n = 140). Overall, respondents were fairly supportive of Sarah’s Law and its current implementation. However, as opposed to respondents in the United States, U.K. respondents were also open to the idea of providing a degree of privacy to convicted sex offenders and were more tolerant of sexual offenders living near them. Finally, age, race, and parental status of the respondents were found to be statistically significant predictors among four identified dependent variables testing support of the law. Implications from these results are discussed, and a direction for future comparative research is highlighted.
(Publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
sex offenders registers, offenders, public opinion, privacy, law;
The author discusses incidents where newspapers who have been forbidden to publish the names of juvenile offenders, have gone on to publish the information once the offenders have reached 18. The author argues this is unacceptable and undermines the authority of the courts.
The author discusses incidents where newspapers who have been forbidden to publish the names of juvenile offenders, have gone on to publish the information once the offenders have reached 18. The author argues this is unacceptable and undermines the authority of the courts.
Subject terms:
law, mass media, privacy, young offenders, youth justice;
Journal of Integrated Care, 13(3), June 2005, pp.11-13.
Publisher:
Emerald
The law on data sharing is complex, making it difficult for practitioners to balance rules on disclosing data in the public or individual interest with those designed to protect confidentiality and privacy. This article sets out factors that should be considered when a decision has to be made.
The law on data sharing is complex, making it difficult for practitioners to balance rules on disclosing data in the public or individual interest with those designed to protect confidentiality and privacy. This article sets out factors that should be considered when a decision has to be made.
Subject terms:
law, privacy, access to information, confidentiality, decision making;
Journal of Social Issues, 59(2), July 2003, pp.283-299.
Publisher:
Wiley
The laws that condition the boundaries that separate the public from the private spheres shape our expectations of privacy. Public opinion helps to shape the development and implementation of those laws. Commercial firms in the information-intensive industries have been the primary sponsors of public opinion surveys introduced into testimony as assessments of the public's will. Representatives of business and consumer organizations have relied upon the same industry-sponsored surveys to frame their arguments in support of or in opposition to specific privacy policies. In the past 25 years, references to public opinion have been used to frame the public as concerned, differentiated and, most recently, as willing to negotiate their privacy demands.
The laws that condition the boundaries that separate the public from the private spheres shape our expectations of privacy. Public opinion helps to shape the development and implementation of those laws. Commercial firms in the information-intensive industries have been the primary sponsors of public opinion surveys introduced into testimony as assessments of the public's will. Representatives of business and consumer organizations have relied upon the same industry-sponsored surveys to frame their arguments in support of or in opposition to specific privacy policies. In the past 25 years, references to public opinion have been used to frame the public as concerned, differentiated and, most recently, as willing to negotiate their privacy demands.
Subject terms:
law, organisations, privacy, public opinion, communities;
In April 2009 the rules inserted by the Family Proceedings (Amendment) (No 2) Rules (SI 2009/857) came into force. These rules permit accredited members of the press to attend most family court proceedings. In this article the authors discuss the extent of these rules and their possible advantages and disadvantages, in particular the impact on proceedings involving marital breakdown, the resulting financial proceedings and proceedings involving children. They consider the effect the new restrictions will have on the court’s power and duty to protect the child and the child’s identity. They also consider the influence the rules might have on the reporting of ancillary relief proceedings. The authors conclude that the new rules bring to the fore an immediate tension between the press and the court. The rules do not permit the press to report everything and they suggest this will inevitably lead to the misreporting of cases. In addition the reporting restrictions of proceedings involving children remain much tighter than other family proceedings. This could mean that parties to proceedings will seek to include children in proceedings where they may not necessarily have been used before as a shield for the appetite of the press for headline gossip. It is the authors’ view that the failure of the rules to draw a distinction between private family cases and those proceedings involving the care of minors in a public sense results in the ill effect of ensuring that children become not only shields but weapons in family proceedings.
In April 2009 the rules inserted by the Family Proceedings (Amendment) (No 2) Rules (SI 2009/857) came into force. These rules permit accredited members of the press to attend most family court proceedings. In this article the authors discuss the extent of these rules and their possible advantages and disadvantages, in particular the impact on proceedings involving marital breakdown, the resulting financial proceedings and proceedings involving children. They consider the effect the new restrictions will have on the court’s power and duty to protect the child and the child’s identity. They also consider the influence the rules might have on the reporting of ancillary relief proceedings. The authors conclude that the new rules bring to the fore an immediate tension between the press and the court. The rules do not permit the press to report everything and they suggest this will inevitably lead to the misreporting of cases. In addition the reporting restrictions of proceedings involving children remain much tighter than other family proceedings. This could mean that parties to proceedings will seek to include children in proceedings where they may not necessarily have been used before as a shield for the appetite of the press for headline gossip. It is the authors’ view that the failure of the rules to draw a distinction between private family cases and those proceedings involving the care of minors in a public sense results in the ill effect of ensuring that children become not only shields but weapons in family proceedings.
Subject terms:
law, mass media, privacy, publicity, children, Family Courts, family law;
Journal of Social Work, 6(2), August 2006, pp.117-136.
Publisher:
Sage
This paper presents a critique of the ethic of confidentiality in the personal service professions. Drawing on research in social work, medicine, psychiatry and related fields, on philosophical professional ethics and on current thinking in law, it argues that the idea of ‘confidentiality’ conflates a number of ends that are frequently in tension or incompatible. These comprise personal privacy, ethical codes, is inadequate to resolve these conflicts. Professional ethics needs to be complemented by a more communitarian view of private and public interests. Good practice should focus on achieving the best balance of personal privacy, the safety of vulnerable individuals and the protection of the wider public in the context of a view of society devoted to the realization of the communal good
This paper presents a critique of the ethic of confidentiality in the personal service professions. Drawing on research in social work, medicine, psychiatry and related fields, on philosophical professional ethics and on current thinking in law, it argues that the idea of ‘confidentiality’ conflates a number of ends that are frequently in tension or incompatible. These comprise personal privacy, the safety of vulnerable individuals and the wider third party or public interest. Professionals and the interested public should not be misled by the traditional idea of confidentiality as constituting in itself a cardinal principle of professional ethics. Nevertheless, difficult conflicts of interests will still arise. It is suggested that liberal rights theory, the source of standard professional ethical codes, is inadequate to resolve these conflicts. Professional ethics needs to be complemented by a more communitarian view of private and public interests. Good practice should focus on achieving the best balance of personal privacy, the safety of vulnerable individuals and the protection of the wider public in the context of a view of society devoted to the realization of the communal good as much as to the defence of individual interests.
Subject terms:
law, privacy, rights, social work, social work methods, confidentiality, ethics;
Health and Social Work, 31(2), May 2006, pp.129-136.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
The established professional practice requiring informed consent for the disclosure of personal health information with its implied right to privacy suffered a serious setback with the first federal privacy initiative of the Bush administration. The new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (P.L. 104-191) privacy regulations supplant the patient's veto regarding disclosure with the requirement that the patient simply receive a written notice of the provider's policy on disclosure of personal health information. As the privacy paradigm shifts to balance the business interests of the health care industry with those of individual patients, this policy presents new challenges for protecting the confidential relationship between the practitioner and the patient.
The established professional practice requiring informed consent for the disclosure of personal health information with its implied right to privacy suffered a serious setback with the first federal privacy initiative of the Bush administration. The new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 (P.L. 104-191) privacy regulations supplant the patient's veto regarding disclosure with the requirement that the patient simply receive a written notice of the provider's policy on disclosure of personal health information. As the privacy paradigm shifts to balance the business interests of the health care industry with those of individual patients, this policy presents new challenges for protecting the confidential relationship between the practitioner and the patient. This article reviews the significant modifications in the new Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations in the United States, briefly critiques these changes, and suggests strategies for practitioners to manage these changes.
Subject terms:
informed consent, law, privacy, access to information, confidentiality, ethics, health;
The increase in joint working means more information-sharing between agencies concerning personal details of service users. To ensure all parties are comfortable with this, professionals need to be fully aware of data protection protocols.
The increase in joint working means more information-sharing between agencies concerning personal details of service users. To ensure all parties are comfortable with this, professionals need to be fully aware of data protection protocols.
British Journal of Social Work, 43(4), 2013, pp.759-774.
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Children who spend time in public care, such as children's homes and/or foster care will have a child-care or case file to record and collate data concerning their care. This article outlines and analyses the differing policy and practice regimes for former children in care who wish to accessing their case records in the UK and Australia, two countries that have seen significant developments in this area of work in recent decades. It also identifies future research needs, policy priorities and practice improvements in both countries.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Children who spend time in public care, such as children's homes and/or foster care will have a child-care or case file to record and collate data concerning their care. This article outlines and analyses the differing policy and practice regimes for former children in care who wish to accessing their case records in the UK and Australia, two countries that have seen significant developments in this area of work in recent decades. It also identifies future research needs, policy priorities and practice improvements in both countries.
(Edited publisher abstract)
Subject terms:
privacy, access to information, comparative studies, social policy, case records, residential child care, foster care, data protection, law, looked after children;
This report focuses on the way in which the data of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children is handled, and whether information-sharing practices conform to data protection and human rights requirements. Questionnaires were sent to 134 local authorities, and responses received from 120. The research revealed a high level of concern amongst local authority staff and refugee organisations about the way in which children’s sensitive data may be shared, both between agencies and with central government. The first section of the report considers current practice and the law regarding the procedures for the collection, storage and use of the sensitive data collected from unaccompanied children. It particularly looks at the controversy surrounding the process of assessing a child’s age, and whether these procedures comply with human rights and data protection requirements. The second section of the report examines the systems and processes used to support information storage and sharing, in particular examining the National Register of Unaccompanied Children (NRUC).
This report focuses on the way in which the data of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children is handled, and whether information-sharing practices conform to data protection and human rights requirements. Questionnaires were sent to 134 local authorities, and responses received from 120. The research revealed a high level of concern amongst local authority staff and refugee organisations about the way in which children’s sensitive data may be shared, both between agencies and with central government. The first section of the report considers current practice and the law regarding the procedures for the collection, storage and use of the sensitive data collected from unaccompanied children. It particularly looks at the controversy surrounding the process of assessing a child’s age, and whether these procedures comply with human rights and data protection requirements. The second section of the report examines the systems and processes used to support information storage and sharing, in particular examining the National Register of Unaccompanied Children (NRUC).
Subject terms:
human rights, law, privacy, unaccompanied asylum seeking children, access to information, asylum seekers, childrens rights, confidentiality, data protection;