Weighing the evidence: A case for using vignettes to elicit public and practitioner views of the workings of the POVA vetting and barring scheme

The Journal of Adult Protection

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 6-17

  Rapaport, Joan ^a   Stevens, Martin ^a   Manthorpe, Jill ^a   Hussein, Shereen ^a   Harris, Jess ^a   Martineau, Stephen ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abuse; Adult protection; Barring; Decision making; Vetting; Vignette

Indexed keywords

EID: 57749131557     PISSN: 14668203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14668203200800008     Document Type: Review

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