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Editorial

Editorial Bridget Penhale and Margaret Flynn Welcome to this final issue of the current volume. To start with, we provide some information and recent stories that relate to safeguarding, which have appeared in different types of media. As we approach the end of the year, the Office for National Statistics[1] has revealed that last year there were an estimated 726 deaths of homeless people in England and Wales. Most of the deaths were of men and their average age was 43 years. The average of age of the women who died was 45 years. Liam Byrne, MP wants: “reviews for everyone who dies homeless, so that the inconvenient truths of life and death cannot be ignored[2].” Since there are overwhelming quantities of uneven reviews which are not easily retrieved and/or currently unequal to informing learning, arguably there is rather more promise in Liam Byrne’s proposal “to create a duty on public services, especially the DWP, the NHS, mental health services and the prison service to work with councils to prevent homelessness.” We have also learned that convictions for rape in the UK are currently at a record low[3]. During the financial year 2018–2019 there were 1925 prosecutions – this represents http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Adult Protection Emerald Publishing

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Bridget Penhale and Margaret Flynn Welcome to this final issue of the current volume. To start with, we provide some information and recent stories that relate to safeguarding, which have appeared in different types of media. As we approach the end of the year, the Office for National Statistics[1] has revealed that last year there were an estimated 726 deaths of homeless people in England and Wales. Most of the deaths were of men and their average age was 43 years. The average of age of the women who died was 45 years. Liam Byrne, MP wants: “reviews for everyone who dies homeless, so that the inconvenient truths of life and death cannot be ignored[2].” Since there are overwhelming quantities of uneven reviews which are not easily retrieved and/or currently unequal to informing learning, arguably there is rather more promise in Liam Byrne’s proposal “to create a duty on public services, especially the DWP, the NHS, mental health services and the prison service to work with councils to prevent homelessness.” We have also learned that convictions for rape in the UK are currently at a record low[3]. During the financial year 2018–2019 there were 1925 prosecutions – this represents

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The Journal of Adult Protection – Emerald Publishing

Published: Nov 28, 2019

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