Investigations Related to Vulnerable Persons

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2026
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Abstract
This chapter examines investigations involving vulnerable persons and establishes safeguarding as the primary objective, requiring investigators to prioritise protection, apply professional curiosity, and collaborate across agencies. It explains how human rights law shapes investigative practice by imposing duties on investigators to protect life, prevent harm, conduct effective inquiries, and share information lawfully while maintaining accountability and professional standards. The chapter analyses key investigative challenges, including risk assessment, victim engagement, evidence identification, inter-agency coordination, and staff wellbeing, and it defines safeguarding and protection through statutory frameworks, legal duties, and structured responses for children and vulnerable adults. It explores modern slavery, human trafficking, organised immigration crime, adult services websites, warning indicators, offending locations, group-based exploitation, transnational offending, live streaming abuse, and online harms, emphasising patterns of exploitation and investigative opportunities. Finally, the chapter integrates guidance, legal tools, and multi-agency strategies, including prevention, protection, disruption, and preparedness, to support pro-active, intelligence-led, and victim-centred investigations.
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Authors Tony Cook
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Journal Oxford University Press eBooks
Year 2026
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10.1093/law/9780198971580.003.0016
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https://doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198971580.003.0016
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