Using complex systems mapping to build a strategic public health response to mental health in England By Jude Stansfield, Nick Cavill, Louise Marshall, Claire Robson, Harry Rutter, November 19, 2021 This paper aims to use systems mapping as a tool to develop an organisation-wide approach to public mental health to inform strategic direction within a national public health agency. It was a valuable process for developing a whole-organisation approach, and stimulating thinking and practice in complex system approaches. The paper provides a practical example of Topics Covered: PartnershipPublic HealthStrategySystems Change
The Black Criminal Other as an Object of Social Control By Patrick Williams, Becky Clarke, November 13, 2018 Throughout this paper, the authors contend that the state has appropriated the ‘gang’ as an ideological device that drives the hyper criminalisation of black, mixed, Asian, and other minority ethnic (BAME) communities. Topics Covered: DisproportionalityGangsRace / ethnicityViolence
Child Abuse Review: Contextualised risk, individualised responses: An assessment of safeguarding responses to nine cases of peer-on-peer abuse By Carlene Firmin, February 21, 2017 This article explores approaches to accessing and intervening with those affected by peer-on-peer abuse with a focus on adopting a more contextual approach to safeguarding adolescents. Topics Covered: AdolescentsContextual SafeguardingEvidencePeer on Peer Abuse
“If only someone had listened” Office of the Children’s Commissioner’s Inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation in Gangs and Groups Final Report By Sue Berelowitz, Jenny Clifton, Gareth Edwards, November 1, 2013 This is the final report of the Office of the Children’s Commissioner’s Inquiry into sexual exploitation in gangs and groups. Topics Covered: Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE)GangsYoung person's voice
