Whistleblowing in the Social Services : Public Accountability and Professional Practice - Softcover

9780340652459: Whistleblowing in the Social Services : Public Accountability and Professional Practice

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340652454 ISBN 13: 9780340652459

Publisher: Hodder Arnold, 1998

This is an important book by any standards. Following on from the success of its companion volume, aWhistleblowing in the Health Servicea, it is the first text in which professionals speak out about the issues of accountability and professional practice in the social services, particularly
child protection.Recent years have seen a depressing catalogue of serious failures, so why have the lessons of Islington, North Wales and Ashworth not been learned? Whistleblowers who were instrumental in these cases discuss their own experiences, presenting insightful studies into what went
wrong.Not only are the issues explored through inside stories, but legal, educational, consumer and journalistic viewpoints are also included to supply the surrounding context. The progress in perception of whistleblowing from a vice to a virtue is also charted.

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About the Author:

Geoffrey Hunt is at University of East London.

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