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Defining and Assessing vulnerability within law enforcement and public health organisations: A scoping review.

Enang, Iniobong; Murray, Jennifer; Dougall, Nadine; Wooff, Andrew; Heyman, Inga; Aston, Elizabeth

Authors

Iniobong Enang



Abstract

Historically, police departments focused solely on criminal justice issues. Recently, there has been a dynamic shift in focus, with Law Enforcement professional groups assuming more responsibility for tackling mental health and distress-related issues (encompassing for example, mental disabilities, learning disabilities and other mental health related problems) alongside Public Health departments. While Law Enforcement has become a ‘last line of support’ and an increasing partner in mental health support, there is partnership working between law enforcement, psychology, and health professions in training and mental health service delivery. The term vulnerability is frequently used across Law Enforcement and Public Health (LEPH) to identify those in need of these services. Effective vulnerability assessment is therefore expected to prevent unintentional harmful health and criminal justice consequences and manage the negative impact of such in cases where prevention is not possible. This scoping review aimed to identify how vulnerability is defined and assessed across LEPH organisations.

Citation

Enang, I., Murray, J., Dougall, N., Wooff, A., Heyman, I., & Aston, E. (2019). Defining and Assessing vulnerability within law enforcement and public health organisations: A scoping review. Health and Justice, 7(2), https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-019-0083-z

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 11, 2019
Online Publication Date Mar 1, 2019
Publication Date Mar 1, 2019
Deposit Date Feb 14, 2019
Publicly Available Date Feb 14, 2019
Journal Health and Justice
Electronic ISSN 2194-7899
Publisher BMC
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 7
Issue 2
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/s40352-019-0083-z
Keywords Law Enforcement, Public Health, Policing, Vulnerability, Vulnerability Assessment,
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/1582940
Contract Date Feb 14, 2019

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