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Mental health and routine police work: a systematic scoping review

Health & Justice
Background There is increasing attention to the amount of contact between police and those experiencing mental health problems. This includes the amount of time and resource spent by police in attending to calls related to mental health, as well as what ...
Martin Webber, Elizabeth Hughes, Tobias Kammersgaard, Charlie Lloyd, Andrew Papworth, Oznur Yardimci   +5 more
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Family Dispute Resolution in Australia: The Under‐Servicing of Indigenous, Migrant and Refugee Families Experiencing Family Violence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Improving access to legal services for Indigenous, migrant and refugee women is critical to addressing family violence. In this context, Family Dispute Resolution (FDR) has long been discussed as a solution for separating families. This paper presents key findings of a research evaluation of an Australian Government $8.37 million pilot project
Siobhan McDonnell, Alyson Wright
wiley   +1 more source

Effect of Acute Bout of 10 Sessions of Dance Aerobic Exercise Intervention on Blood Pressure Indices Among Ethnic Population with Elevated Cardiovascular Risk

Applied Sciences
The rate pressure product (RPP) is a non-invasive index of myocardial oxygen consumption, derived from heart rate (HR) and systolic blood pressure (SBP).
Sherldine Tomlinson, Roozbeh Naemi
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Caregiver Reports on the Needs and Experiences of Children Impacted by Parental Incarceration: Results From an Australian Survey

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Children experiencing parental imprisonment are known to be among the most overlooked in our community. They often experience multiple and compounding disadvantages, with long‐term consequences, but receive no specialised assistance. Knowledge about these children and their families is lacking in Australia and is required to inform policy ...
Catherine Flynn, Lana Battaglia, Lorana Bartels, Susan Dennison, Susy Harrigan, Lee Huggins, Sofia Grage‐Moore   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Community Policing and Vigilantism in Kisii: Towards Non-violent and Inclusive Non-State Policing

Les Cahiers d’Afrique de l’Est, 2015
The paper studies the changing nature of local policing and argues that there has been a shift from vigilantism, where the vigilante has been the dominant non-state actor, to community policing in Taraacha location situated in Kisii County.
Wycliffe Nyachoti Otiso
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Nothing to See Here: Researching Non‐Recent Child Abuse in Schools and the Politics of Silence

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT While institutions, including schools, have responsibilities to protect children from harm, responses to instances of child sexual abuse have often exhibited avoidance and denial. Recent public inquiries in Australia revealed that some institutions, particularly in the Catholic sector, employed a deliberate strategy of silence which was used ...
John Crowley, Katie Wright, Kate O'Connor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Community Police in Crime Prevention and Control for the Effective Management

International Studies Journal, 2023
The study examined community policing and crime prevention in Nigeria with reference to Jenkwe Development Area. The study further sought to achieve other objectives which include to identify community policing and crime prevention; to examine the ...
Rachel Nimma Ndakotsu
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‘We Are Australia’: Unpacking Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People's Understandings and Experiences of Australian Identity

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are the oldest living custodians in the world. However, Australian identity has been purposefully established to exclude Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, contributing to systemic oppression and harmful consequences. Understanding the perspectives and experiences of Aboriginal and Torres
Jack Farrugia, Jonathan Bullen
wiley   +1 more source

Evaluating the impact of a ward environment with 20 single occupancy rooms and two four-bedded bays on patient and staff experiences and outcomes in an acute NHS Trust: a mixed-methods study protocol

BMJ Open
Introduction Traditionally, wards in acute care hospitals consist predominately of multioccupancy bays with some single rooms. There is an increasing global trend towards a higher proportion of single rooms in hospitals, with the UK National Health ...
Paul Morris, Helen Hall, Sarahjane Jones, Al Ross, Jacky Copping, Helen Ashby, Alisen Dube, Yetunde Ataiyero, Emma Stimpson, Vanda Carter, Hazel A Smith   +10 more
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How Are Australian Local Governments Responding to the Homelessness Crisis? Findings From a National Study

Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Australian local governments are facing intensifying pressures to respond to worsening visible homelessness. This paper presents one of the first national studies on how local governments are responding to these pressures, and the first since the onset of the post‐pandemic housing crisis.
Andrew Clarke, Joelle Moore, Fatemeh Aminpour, Katya Eagles   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source