Demonstrating the relevance of theory to political and policy debates and practice, this lively
and accessible second edition helps students to grasp the real-life implications of social …

Purpose This paper aims to present an analysis of a “county lines” safeguarding partnership
in a large city region of England. A critical analysis of current literature and practice …

The concept of vulnerability is now deeply embedded in English drug policy, influential in
governing practices such as prevention and treatment activity but yet to be subject to critical …

This interpretive qualitative meta-synthesis (QMS) aims to systematically review what we
know about the help-seeking and help-related experiences of commercially sexually …

This paper is part of a special section which brings three different approaches to
vulnerability into conversation with one another to foster interdisciplinary co-operation in …

The state's duty to protect vulnerable people gives rise to powerful forms of social
intervention, especially in policing. This article reports from co-produced multimethods …

This paper presents data from a three-year, mixed methods study into the rate and impact of
'relocation'as a response to extra-familial harm in adolescence by children's social care …

In this article, our intention is to provide an in-depth framework to inform the management of
the inevitable complexity of day-to-day practice and supervision in child protection and …

EPDF and EPUB available Open Access under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. During
adolescence, young people are exposed to a range of risks beyond their family homes …

En esta revisión narrativa se exploran aspectos clave que surgen de las recientes
investigaciones sobre explotación sexual infantil y adolescente (ESIA) en el contexto …