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Parent abuse: A Greater Manchester Perspective - “Post austerity”
Simon RetfordProfessional Doctorate Student: University of Portsmouth
&Detective Superintendent: Greater Manchester Police
West Yorkshire Police, Wakefield
Wednesday 29th October2014.
Presentation
• ‘In context’• Research Aims & Objectives• Research Plan• Key themes• Pilot Findings• Next steps: contribution to knowledge & practice
‘In context’
• Detective Superintendent at GMP• Professional doctorate student• “ ‘Parent abuse’: what’s that?”• The academic context• The policing context• The safeguarding context• The austerity context & budget / staff cuts• The ‘more with less’ factor
Research Aims & ObjectivesAcademic :•To construct & contextualise PA across Greater Manchester through qualitative investigation.•To identify Multi-agency collaborative responses.
Policing / Safeguarding :•To better understand what PA is in Greater Manchester?•To understand who does what in responding to it?•To identify what already is working well & where?•To identify who is working well with who & how?•To develop recommendations to better respond to ‘PA’ in Greater Manchester.•Ultimately, to better safeguard vulnerable people!
Research Plan
• Exploratory primary research • Semi-structured in-depth interviews• Involving: Agencies & charities• Small sample: pilot study Summer 2013• Key themes & findings ‘inform’ the main research• Recommendations
Key Themes• Defining Parent Abuse• Victims & perpetrators• Causes & ‘aggravators’• A growing problem or better reporting• Prevalence & awareness• Signposting & solutions• “What, another safeguarding problem?”• “But it’s already happening!”• Austerity, social policy & collaboration
‘Pilot’ findings
• Growing awareness• Ethnic minority families• Drugs, alcohol & Mental Health• Under-reporting & the ‘fear factor’: – Shame, blame, care plans & criminalisation
• Signposting, policy & solutions• ‘Holistic’ support• Collaboration opportunities
Next steps: contribution to knowledge & practice
• The PA ‘bandwagon’: timing is everything!• ‘Prof Doc’ thesis process• Ongoing ‘change’ programmes• Not ‘another’ vulnerability• Collaboration & austerity• Responding: PA ‘versus’ DV / DA• Implications of inaction
