Serious Harm in UK Law
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The development of an offender personality disorder strategy
This article explores the development of an offender personality disorder strategy for the Department of Health (DH) and National Offender Management Service (NOMS). The strategy has two strands: o...... ... has two strands: offenders who present a high risk of serious harm to others, and workforce development. This article primarily ... ...
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Fit for purpose: OASys assessments and parole decisions — a practitioner's view
This article is a practitioner's response to Wendy Fitzgibbon's article `Fit for Purpose: OASys Assessments and Parole Decisions' published in the March 2008 edition ...... ... that inform them adequately protect the public from the riskof serious harm ... Keywords OASys, offender management, public protection, parole, ... ...
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The complexities of managing gendered violence in an English probation setting
Examined in this article are two cases of women who have committed offences causing serious harm to others. Responses from probation practitioners are explored in the context of the women also bein...... ... article are two cases of women who have committed offences causing serious harm to others. Responses from probation practitioners are explored in the ... ...
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Could curiosity save lives? An exploration into the value of employing professional curiosity and partnership work in safeguarding adults under the Care Act 2014
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to consider the importance of professional curiosity and partnership work in safeguarding adults from serious harm, abuse and neglect. Design/methodology/appr...... ... curiosity and partnershipwork in safeguarding adults from serious harm, abuse and neglect.Design/methodology/approach –The paper draws on ... ...
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Is It Really a Risk? The Parameters of the Criminalisation of the Sexual Transmission/Exposure to HIV
This article considers whether there is a rationale for criminalisation of the sexual transmission and exposure to HIV by reviewing the harm principle. The article then provides a comparative juris...... ... of the sexual transmissionand exposure to HIV by reviewing the harm principle. The article then provides a comparativejurisdictional analysis ... for the foundation ofcriminalisation as the significan t risk of serious harm is a term that has been used throughout theCorresponding author:David ... ...
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The use of psychologically-informed warning letters in probation for high-risk clients with personality difficulties
Warning letters may be issued to probation service users in the community on licence as an alternative action to recalling them to prison, when the risk of serious harm can be managed safely. Templ...... ... action to recalling them to prison, when the risk of serious harm can be ... ...
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Micro-domination
This article analyses the phenomenon of ‘micro-domination’, in which a series of dominated choices are individually inconsequential for a person’s freedom but collectively consequential. Where the ...... ... bad forms of domination or exclude powers that do notrisk causing serious harm to their victims. Where the choices concerned are subjec-tively ... ...
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Micro-domination
This article analyses the phenomenon of ‘micro-domination’, in which a series of dominated choices are individually inconsequential for a person’s freedom but collectively consequential. Where the ...... ... bad forms of domination or exclude powers that do notrisk causing serious harm to their victims. Where the choices concerned are subjec-tively ... ...
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Taming the ‘Chilling Effect’ of Defamation Law: English Experience and Implications for Australia
The ‘chilling effect’ of defamation law has driven legislative action narrowing this tort’s scope and operation. As substantial reforms come into effect across Australia, this article provides a de...... ... Twoimportant aspects of reform in both jurisdictions are the serious harm threshold and the public interestdefence. Both are targeted at ... ...
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Public Protection? The Implications of Grayling's ?Transforming Rehabilitation' Agenda on the Safety of Women and Children
The Coalition Government's new Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) agenda jeopardises the work undertaken with perpetrators of domestic abuse by highly skilled, qualified probation staff. Under new ch...... ... clients who are assessed as posing a medium/low risk of causing harm will be assigned to private sector/voluntary organisations rather than ... Service will directly manage offenders who pose a high risk of serious harm to the public, this article will argue that all perpetrators of ... ...
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