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Domestic violence and multi-agency risk assessment conferences (MARACs)
— a scoping review | | Author(s) | Rachel Robbins, Hugh McLaughlin, Concetta Banks |
| Journal title | Journal of Adult Protection, vol 16, no 6, 2014 |
| Publisher | Emerald, 2014 |
| Pages | pp 389-398 |
| Source | www.emeraldinsight.com/jap.htm |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Needs [elderly] ; Protection [vulnerable adults] ; At risk ; Multi disciplinary ; Evaluation ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | This paper draws attention to the potential and limits of the Multi-Agency Risk Assessment Conferences (MARACs) in supporting adults with social care needs who also experience domestic violence. The paper reports on a scoping review as part of a wider research project; and it identifies and assesses the effectiveness of social care's contribution to the development of MARAC and the protection of adults facing domestic violence. An understanding of the workings of MARAC could support social care practice with high-risk victims of domestic violence, such as people with mental health, physical or learning disabilities issues or older people. However, the conception of risk assessment and management central to the process also poses ethical dilemmas for practitioners. Social care is ideally placed to support, in an holistic manner, a group of vulnerable service-users with complex needs. However, the current climate of austerity could jeopardise this work. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150522278 A |
| Classmark | QNT: IK: CA3G: CA3: 3DM: 4C: 3A:6KC |
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