ViolentPanda
Hardly getting over it.
I think it was me. I was thinking in terms of companies set up for the purposes of offering cheap, speedy solutions, who the authorities would prefer, despite their dubious credentials. I'm thinking of similar things to what has happened in the area of for eg, drug treatment where companies like CRI have taken over from actual professionals & also in the area of employment/job training, where many small companies r "advising" the unemployed. I guess it seems that areas once reserved for ppl who knew what they were doing r being farmed out to the lowest bidder & many ppl r getting rich off the back of this. I'm also thinking of all the *talking heads* eg Esther rantzen, who the media employs to talk rubbish every time abuse hits the news. They also profit from the subject more than if they were interested in prevention.
So in effect, the worry doesn't just lie with these companies (and personally I find the fact that these small companies are all too often devoured by the big service corps such as Crapita once they've won a contract highly disturbing), but also with a system that commodifies, commercialises and reduces-to-essentials what should be broad-ranging investigative practices.