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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"public protection"”.
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Probation officers’ attitudes towards balancing public protection and human rights in the risk management framework of Mappa
… other expectations in relation to punishment, public protection and risk become the service’s priority. The same concepts have created dilemmas for probation practitioners who find themselves in the arena of rehabilitation where offenders, victims and the public coexist. The thesis’ emphasis is …
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Managing a risky business : developing the professional practice of police and probation officers in the supervision of high risk offenders
… that actuarial practices permeate this arena of public protection; influencing intra and inter-service partnerships and the implementation of MAPPA aims. Actuarial analysis accentuates a tendency to prioritise police crime control policies but not without resistance from probation officers. A …
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Ethical stress in Scottish criminal justice social work
… experienced. Rather, workers are very clear that public protection/risk work takes priority and this only becomes a source of stress when the ethical climate is such that any additional welfare, helping work the social worker is inclined to undertake, is thwarted. A worker’s experience of ethical …
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Public awareness and risk perceptions of endocrine disrupting chemicals
… and hormone related cancers. EDCs are a serious public health risk and numerous guidelines and risk messages have been disseminated to inform and protect the public. However, little is known about current levels of public awareness and risk perception of EDCs and how the public respond to EDC …
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The detention of dangerous severe personality disordered offenders under mental health legislation: legal and ethical issues
Public protection and mental disorder has frequently been at the forefront of government policy since psychiatry established itself as a medical science, coupled with media attention and at times, national hysteria. For over 150 years, public policy has exceeded medical science in the control and …
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A phenomenological insight into the motivations, approaches, and knowledge of final year pre-registration nursing students
… nurses take, the implications of this for wider public protection, and the role of the nurse. A qualitative phenomenological insider research study is undertaken, utilising a sample size of eighteen final year student nurses as the data source, undertaking semi-structured interviews from a United …
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Exploring a South African solution to an international concern over auditor independence: The South African audit profession's opinions with regard to mandatory audit firm rotation
… notably the audit function, is an activity of public protection that requires a high degree of independence between the auditor and the audit client to ensure audit quality is achieved. Internationally, especially in the European Union, there is a legislated move towards mandatory audit firm …
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Non-compliance and breach: youth justice decision-making in Wales
… to the National Standards; concerns for ‘public protection’; and organisational reputation. In court, there emerged a clear pattern of children pleading ‘guilty’ to offences of breaching a statutory order without having properly understood the charge. Children’s understanding of the …
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An examination of parole in Ireland: balancing justice and risk
… of risk, and between considerations of public protection and safety and the nature and the gravity of the offence committed. The tensions that emerge when attempting to reconcile the competing rights and responsibilities of the various stakeholders in the decision-making process are …
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Risk and the regulation of communication in relation to service users and providers experiences of forensic mental health care
… service; to provide mental health care and public protection. However, organisational learning and risk management may be hampered by the regulation of communication as information regarding clinical and organisational risks may be silenced within official organisational systems. Furthermore …
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Benchmarking San Luis Obispo's Municipal Energy Use: An Audit Implementation Plan
… use in the United States (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2013).</p> <p>Although many of these plans set target energy reduction levels for buildings, the process for actually meeting these goal levels is often disorganized, cost-prohibited, and behind schedule. In order to meet energy …
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Mission Critical Communication Systems: Performance Evaluation, Enhancement, and Modelling
… crises, and disaster scenarios. They are used in Public Protection and Disaster Relief (PPDR) operations, Utility Networks, and Intelligent Transportation Systems. Due to the critical nature of MCSs, they need to adhere to strict requirements to ensure the accomplishment of tasks and duties that …