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Direct linkPayne, Brian K. – Crime & Delinquency, 2013
Treated initially as a social problem, elder abuse has only recently been criminalized. The criminalization of elder abuse involves penalizing offenders for actively abusing offenders as well as for violating mandatory reporting laws. Mandatory reporting laws exist to encourage professionals to report suspected cases of elder abuse. In this study,…
Descriptors: Elder Abuse, Older Adults, Laws, Crime
Brown, Sandra L. – 1991
This book provides counselors with a look at the effects of violence and offers strategies for assisting victims and survivors of that violence to cope, recover, and grow. Chapter 1 tells the story of a victim of sexual abuse. Chapter 2 examines the psychodynamics of trauma, including posttraumatic stress. Chapter 3 discusses effective therapies…
Descriptors: Counseling Techniques, Counselor Role, Counselors, Crime
Reed, Annette Zimmern, Ed.; Sullivan, Jane C., Ed. – 1987
The conference reported in this document consisted of three symposia and eight workshops each concerned with a different area of violence in America. The document includes an introduction by Annette Zimmern Reed and opening remarks by Dallas mayor Starke Taylor and his wife, Carolyn Taylor. Information from the three symposia is given in the areas…
Descriptors: Aggression, Battered Women, Child Abuse, Crime
Peer reviewedUtech, Myron R.; Garrett, Robert R. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1992
Reviews the meaning and uses of elder-abuse and child-abuse concepts and percepts in the reporting of events and research. Reports that the stereotypical nature of the concepts and the labeling of the victims has hampered the reporting of the maltreatment, thus impairing the accuracy of the research. (RJM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Children, Concept Formation
Download full textPublic Health Service (DHHS), Rockville, MD. – 1986
Plenary session papers from a workshop focusing on how the health professions might provide better care for victims of violence and prevent violence itself comprise this document. Papers include: (1) "Welcome and 'Charge' to the Participants" (C. Everett Koop); (2) "Interpersonal Violence and Public Health Care: New Directions, New…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Crime, Delivery Systems, Elder Abuse
Lipman, Aaron; And Others – 1985
The purpose of this document is to perform a comprehensive examination of the controversies and contradictions surrounding the issue of crime and the elderly, based on analysis of National Crime Survey data for 1973-1980. Chapter 1 introduces the study of crime and the elderly, describing the controversy that exists regarding the elderly and their…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Community Programs, Crime, Crime Prevention
