Research
The architecture of structural irrationality in adult safeguarding
A Research Investigation
A statutory regime designed to protect vulnerable adults from harm appears, by the structural logic of its incentives, to be associated with significant harm of its own. The pattern is recognisable across England, and Bristol provides an unusually well-documented case study. This is the diagnostic essay of the Adult Safeguarding Review series, drawing on organisational theory, the academic literature on defensive practice, and the empirical record across Ombudsman decisions, Safeguarding Adults Reviews, and regulatory audits.
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#structural-irrationality
#functional-stupidity
#defensive-practice
#bristol
#alvesson-spicer
By Antisocial Care