Elder Abuse Detection and Intervention: A Collaborative ApproachPRESERVING A LIFE OF PEACE AND DIGNITY FOR THE AGING This ground-breaking volume offers a new, collaborative approach geared to enhance case review, improve victim safety, raise abuser accountability, and promote system change. Sharing the common goal of promoting elder victim safety, experts in adult protective services, law enforcement, prosecution, health care, advocacy, and civil justice have formed a unique, multidisciplinary team approach to tackle the following critical topics:
As the aging population continues to grow, so does the potential for increasing cases of elder abuse. Replete with case examples that allow the experiences of victims to speak for themselves, this book provides the framework to begin, and to build on, collaborative approaches at the local, state, and national levels toward ending elder abuse. |
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... abuse field . HISTORICAL CONTEXT Family violence and sexual abuse , including abuse of older people , has been described in the literature for centuries . However , the naming and identification of child abuse , domestic violence , elder ...
... child's veracity and reliability , and caused some children to be numb and flat when testifying ( Bernet , 1997 ) . In recognition of these realities , child abuse interview protocols were developed and special child interview centers ...
... child abuse and domestic violence in the United States . In those studies , the social cost of child abuse ranged from $ 14 billion to $ 94 billion , depending on what costs were included . The report found only one national U.S. study ...