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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... crime against older people as elder abuse . They argue that in many circumstances , seniors are targeted for specific crimes , especially telemar- keting frauds , sweepstakes , and repair scams . These crimes may have a significant ...
... crime related , the primary focus will be on meeting the victim's immediate needs and establishing sufficient facts ... crime is sus- pected , officers secure the scene , collect evidence , take photographs of the crime scene and parties ...
... Crime Data The federal government collects data on violent crime through the Na- tional Crime Victim Survey , the FBI Uniform Crime Reports , and the FBI National Incident - Based Reporting System ( Acierno , 2003 ) . The useful- ness ...