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Kinstle, Terri L.; Hodell, Emily C.; Golding, Jonathan M. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2008
An experiment investigated mock juror perceptions of elder abuse using a community sample from Lexington, Kentucky. Two-hundred six men and women ranging in age from 18 to 88 read a fictional criminal trial summary of a case of elder physical abuse (EPA) in which the accuser was described as healthy, frail, or confused. In addition, the influence…
Descriptors: Elder Abuse, Older Adults, Credibility, Individual Characteristics
United States Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1913
This bulletin provides a statement showing in some detail the amount of illiteracy in the United States among men, women, and children over 10 years of age according to the Federal Census of 1910; also a brief statement of an experiment which has been conducted for nearly two years in one of the mountain counties of eastern Kentucky having a large…
Descriptors: Females, Illiteracy, Age Differences, Males