overview of adult protection in the UK and then takes the reader through concepts of vulnerability and citizenship and …

Many factors have been identified as being responsible for increasing the vulnerability of people with learning … difficulties to sexual abuse. However, there has not been a great deal of debate about the term ‘vulnerability’. Here, an argument … is developed that puts forward the case for a social model approach to understanding vulnerability, which avoids a focus …

vulnerability within police custody. Design/methodology/approach The design of the study was qualitative, and it utilised telephone … therefore it presents a holistic overview of some key issues around mental health, vulnerability and safeguarding within the …

underpinned by differing conceptualisations of vulnerability, autonomy and privacy, and the paper relates these conceptualisations … socially mediated rather than an essentialist understanding of the concepts of vulnerability, autonomy and privacy allows for … overcome challenges to accessing adults at risk in adult safeguarding through an exploration of understandings of vulnerability …

governing social research, with an especial focus on vulnerability. Findings – Findings indicate that although the use of covert …

, listing forms of abuse and vulnerability. However, it does not consider whether those providing care may themselves be … vulnerability – is one where instances of modern slavery may be more common than considered to date. Findings The data collected …